The use of nuclear emulsions in X-ray topography: improvement of the development methods

The development is critical in recording X-ray topographs since it takes a long time and determines the final quality of the pictures. It is shown that, in most cases, it is possible to decrease both exposure time and development time and still obtain pictures of good quality. Standard conditions of development should be used to achieve higher resolution only. This new standard may be of great use with the modern high-power sources.