stop bath
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7.4
- noun
- Specialized
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baño de parada
- After developing the film, he submerged it in the stop bath to halt the chemical process.
Examples
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He'd check on my supply of stop bath or Panalure.
Fiction book (1990) -
I actually did pick up some Dektol, stop bath, and paper on the way back from the expo (but I didn't take the shuttle bus).
Blog text (11) -
Use water in lieu of a stop bath and change often.
Academic text (1993) -
Finally, I put the print into stop bath and fixer for the normal amounts of time, then wash as usual.
Academic text (2003) -
Filtration of all the chemicals, i.e., developer, stop bath, fixer, and even wash water, is essential.
Academic text (1995) -
Process the Kodalith negative at 68 degrees, using constant agitation: 2.5 minutes in the Kodalith developer, 1 minute in the stop bath, and 4 minutes in the fixer (you can turn on the room lights after the first minute).
Academic text (1996) -
The photographer prepared the stop bath to ensure the developer didn't overexpose the images.
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Using a stop bath is crucial to prevent the developer from continuing to act on the photographic paper.
Synonyms
A liquid used after developing film to stop the chemical reaction
An acidic liquid that stops film or paper from developing before fixing
Surface Forms
Morphology
The term is directly compositional: 'stop' (to halt) + 'bath' (a liquid used for processing) clearly yields a bath whose function is to stop the developer. Although it's a technical photography term, the noun-noun compound follows straightforward logic that a B1 learner who knows the constituents can infer.
Etymology
Stop bath comes from the darkroom. Photographers put film in a short bath of weak acid to make the developer 'stop', so stop + bath describes the solution that stops the developing process.