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Method for recording flow boundary layers in liquid media
Assignee: Siemens AG
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Filing: 1981-02-20
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Granted: 1982-11-30
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Expires: 2001-02-20
Abstract
Abstract The disclosed method relates to a method for recording flow boundary layers in liquid media by photochemical means. According to the invention, surfaces which can be developed in a plane and to which a photographic film sheet is cemented are exposed under steady-state conditions to the flow of a liquid medium containing a dissolved agent reacting with the photo gelatin layer. The liquid medium may contain agents furnishing HS-ions or agents capable of dissolving silver halide or reducing silver halide. If a photographic film sheet is used, the silver ions of which are reduced to silver, the flow exposure is performed with an agent having oxidizing and dissolving action. With the method disclosed, half-tone photograms of flow boundary layers in liquids can be recorded.
Inventors
- 👤 Gerd Urban
- 👤 Heinrich Opitz
- 👤 Gert Mages
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 19:12
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01P; G01P13/00; G01P13/0093; G01M; G01M10/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
88 words
A method for recording flow boundary layers in liquid media by photographic means, comprising: (a) providing a solid planar surface; (b) affixing to said surface a photographic sheet film containing silver halide in a gelatin layer; and (c) exposing said surface, having said sheet film thereon, to a flowing liquid medium having dissolved therein an agent capable of diffusing into the gelatin layer of said photographic sheet and reacting with the silver halide therein to provide an image of the boundary layers of flow over said solid surface.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
88 words
A method for recording flow boundary layers in liquid media by photographic means, comprising: (a) providing a solid planar surface; (b) affixing to said surface a photographic sheet film containing silver halide in a gelatin layer; and (c) exposing said surface, having said sheet film thereon, to a flowing liquid medium having dissolved therein an agent capable of diffusing into the gelatin layer of said photographic sheet and reacting with the silver halide therein to provide an image of the boundary layers of flow over said solid surface.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
44 words
The method according to claim 1 wherein said agent dissolved in said liquid medium reacts with said silver halide to form an insoluble silver compound, and wherein said photographic sheet film is treated, after said flow has ceased, to remove remaining silver halide therefrom.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method according to claim 2 wherein said agent dissolved in said liquid medium is an agent capable of providing HS-ions.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
11 words
The method according to claim 3 wherein said agent is thioacetamide.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
109 words
A method for recording flow boundary layers in liquid media by photographic means, comprising: (a) providing a solid planar surface; (b) affixing to said surface a photographic sheet film containing silver halide in a gelatin layer; (c) exposing said surface, having said sheet film thereon, to a flowing liquid medium having dissolved therein an agent capable of diffusing into the gelatin layer of said photographic sheet and dissolving silver halide therefrom; and (d) thereafter converting the silver halide remaining in said photographic sheet film, after said flow has ceased, to elemental silver to provide in said film sheet an image of the boundary layers of flow over said surface.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
109 words
A method for recording flow boundary layers in liquid media by photographic means, comprising: (a) providing a solid planar surface; (b) affixing to said surface a photographic sheet film containing silver halide in a gelatin layer; (c) exposing said surface, having said sheet film thereon, to a flowing liquid medium having dissolved therein an agent capable of diffusing into the gelatin layer of said photographic sheet and dissolving silver halide therefrom; and (d) thereafter converting the silver halide remaining in said photographic sheet film, after said flow has ceased, to elemental silver to provide in said film sheet an image of the boundary layers of flow over said surface.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method according to claim 5 wherein said agent dissolved in said liquid medium is thiosulfate.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
111 words
A method for recording flow boundary layers in liquid media by photographic means, comprising: (a) providing a solid planar surface; (b) affixing to said surface a photographic sheet film containing silver halide in a gelatin layer; (c) converting the silver halide in said sheet film to elemental silver; and (d) exposing said surface, having said sheet film thereon, to a flowing liquid medium having dissolved therein an agent capable of diffusing into the gelatin layer of said sheet film and oxidizing and dissolving silver contained therein such that silver remaining in said sheet film, after said flow has ceased, provides an image of the boundary layers of flow over said surface.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
111 words
A method for recording flow boundary layers in liquid media by photographic means, comprising: (a) providing a solid planar surface; (b) affixing to said surface a photographic sheet film containing silver halide in a gelatin layer; (c) converting the silver halide in said sheet film to elemental silver; and (d) exposing said surface, having said sheet film thereon, to a flowing liquid medium having dissolved therein an agent capable of diffusing into the gelatin layer of said sheet film and oxidizing and dissolving silver contained therein such that silver remaining in said sheet film, after said flow has ceased, provides an image of the boundary layers of flow over said surface.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
74 words
A method for recording flow boundary layers in liquid media by photographic means, comprising: (a) providing a solid planar surface; (b) affixing to said surface a photographic sheet film containing silver halide in a gelatin layer; and (c) exposing said surface, having said sheet film thereon, to a flowing liquid medium having dissolved therein agents capable of reducing silver halide in said film to silver and dissolving from said film any remaining silver halide.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
74 words
A method for recording flow boundary layers in liquid media by photographic means, comprising: (a) providing a solid planar surface; (b) affixing to said surface a photographic sheet film containing silver halide in a gelatin layer; and (c) exposing said surface, having said sheet film thereon, to a flowing liquid medium having dissolved therein agents capable of reducing silver halide in said film to silver and dissolving from said film any remaining silver halide.
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