Potassium bichromate
A chemical used in chrome intensifiers.
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potassium bichromate
orange red crystals sometimes used in the preparation of solutions for sensitizing carbon tissue, screen printing films, and coatings for screen printing stencils.
Potassium bichromate - chemical used in chrome intensifiers.
Potassium bromide - chemical used as a restrainer in most developing solutions and as a rehalogenizing agent in bleaches.
-Bichromate - refers to potassium bichromate or potassium dichromate, used for bleaching and as a sensitizer for gelatin.
The gelatin had previously been made light-sensitive by a bath of potassium bichromate. After washing, the image on the tissue was transferred to a paper base and the backing of the tissue was stripped off.
 See also: Bichromate, Print, Light, Printing, Coated
  
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