Inventors:
Charles Hubert LeBlanc - Kingsport TN
Assignee:
Eastman Chemical Company - Kingsport TN
International Classification:
G03C 7413
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method for the stabilization of dry N,N-dialkyl-p-phenylenediamine color developers and to the stabilized compositions thus obtained wherein the color developer which is susceptible to oxidative discoloration is intimately mixed with a stabilizing amount of an alkali metal metabisulfite, bisulfite or sulfite The method is particularly useful for the stabilization of salts of N-ethyl-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)4-amino-3-methylaniline.