Silberjodidschicht

[keatsurn]

Hi guys,

can you please tell me the meaning of the word silberjodidschicht?
I'm reading a passage from Kehlmann's "Die Vermessung der Welt":
"es ist ein Geraet, das den Augenblick auf eine lichtempfindliche Silberjodidschicht bannen werde": a device that will ban the eyes from a *** which is sensitive to light"?

Thanks

 

[Frank78]

Silberjodid is this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_iodide

and a "Schicht" means a "layer".

 

[Hutschi]

A device that will ban (the pictures of) the moment on a layer of silberjodid = on (black and white) photo paper or on (Black and white) film with a light sensitive layer of silver iodide.

As you guessed it is a Photoapparat, a camera.

 

[keatsurn]

Thanks!

I did try to look it up on Wikipedia, but I spelled it with 'j', as in the book, and I didn't find it.

Thanks

 

[Hutschi]

"Silberjodid" is the old spelling. It is often used until now outside of science.
In science it was changed to the international spelling in the 1960th or 1970th as far as I remember.

Similarly: "Oxyd" was changed to "oxid".

 

[Frank78]

Both spellings are valid "Iod" and "Jod"

 

[Hutschi]

Thank you for clarifying this, Frank.
I never saw "Iod" outside of science.