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Photographic Sensitivity of Silver Sulphide

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SILVER sulphide is sensitive to light electrically, exhibiting both photo-conductive1 and photo-emissive2 effects, but it has not been considered sensitive photographically. It thus differs markedly from the silver halides, which exhibit all three effects3.

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HICKMAN, K., WEYERTS, W. Photographic Sensitivity of Silver Sulphide. Nature 132, 134–135 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132134a0

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