Table 2.

Bleach exposures (Td s) and calculated bleach strengths (%), together with parameters for describing the post-bleach decay of the equivalent background derived from flash sensitivity (S) and kinetics (t_peak) (eqn 6) (see also Fig. 6A and B)

Subject				∼2%	∼6%	Approx. ∼10%	∼30%	∼60%	∼100%
A.M.C.	•	Bleach	(Td s)	2.5 × 103	5.9 × 103	1.2 × 104	3.1 × 104	7.4 × 104	5.8 × 105
			(%)	2.6%	6.3%	12%	29%	57%	99%
		IS2(0)	(Td)	0.4	2.2	8.6	52	4.7 × 102	9.9 × 103
		k2		1.2	1.3	2.0	2.3	2.5	2.5
		IS3(0)	(Td)	0.06	0.11	0.22	0.47	1.1	2.5
M.J.P.	⋄	Bleach	(Td s)	—	6.3 × 103	—	3.3 × 104	—	3.6 × 105
			(%)	—	6.1%	—	30%	—	93%
		IS2(0)	(Td)	—	2.9	—	91	—	1.2 × 104
		k2		—	1.0	—	2.0	—	2.0
		IS3(0)	(Td)	—	0.11	—	0.46	—	1.2
R.R.	▵	Bleach	(Td s)	—	5.9 × 103	—	2.9 × 104	—	3.6 × 105
			(%)	—	6.4%	—	28%	—	96%
		IS2(0)	(Td)	—	1.5	—	47	—	3.9 × 103
		k2		—	1.2	—	2	—	2.5
		IS3(0)	(Td)	—	0.08	—	0.38	—	1.6
T.D.L.	□	Bleach	(Td s)	—	5.7 × 103	—	3.2 × 104	—	3.2 × 105
			(%)	—	6.3%	—	32%	—	94%
		IS2(0)	(Td)	—	8.7	—	4.8 × 102	—	1.1 × 105
		k2		—	0.8	—	0.8	—	1.0
		IS3(0)	(Td)	—	0.07	—	0.43	—	1.1

For eqn (6), Ψ_S2 and Ψ_S3 were set at 0.24 and 0.06 decades min⁻¹. Symbol scheme as applied in Fig. 8.