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In photography a latent image is formed when light (or in radiography, X-rays) acts on a photographic emulsion. This image is invisible until the emulsion is developed using photographic developers, such as Metol.

References

Coe, Brian, 'The Birth of Photography' Ash & Grant, 1976

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Mitchell, J.W 'Photographic Sensitivity' Rep. Prog. Phys., v20, pp433-515, 1957

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