ASNT Radiographic Testing Practice Test 2025 – Comprehensive All-in-One Guide for Exam Success!

The three main steps in processing a radiograph traditionally include developing, fixation, and washing. These steps are essential to transform the exposed film into a visible image.

Developing is the first crucial step where the film is treated with a developer solution that reduces the exposed silver halide crystals, producing a latent image on the film. This image must then be stabilized, which occurs during the fixation process. Fixation removes any unexposed silver halide crystals from the film, ensuring that the developed image remains permanent and does not continue to react to light. Washing is the final step in the process, where the film is rinsed to remove any remaining chemicals, further preserving the quality of the resulting image.

Scanning does not belong to these core processing steps for radiography; rather, it may relate to digital imaging practices and not to the traditional film-based radiographic process. Therefore, identifying scanning as part of the steps for processing a radiograph clarifies why it does not fit within the defined framework of developing, fixation, and washing.