Excessive film drying may result in:

stained radiographs
emulsion cracking
faded radiographs
static discharge


emulsion cracking

Rationale: The drying mechanism in automatic processing should remove the majority of moisture from the film. Excessive drying can remove all of the moisture, causing the film emulsion to crack.

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