EP0239363B1 - Matériau photographique à l'halogénure d'argent sensible à la lumière utilisable pour un traitement rapide - Google Patents

Matériau photographique à l'halogénure d'argent sensible à la lumière utilisable pour un traitement rapide Download PDF

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EP0239363B1
EP0239363B1 EP87302526A EP87302526A EP0239363B1 EP 0239363 B1 EP0239363 B1 EP 0239363B1 EP 87302526 A EP87302526 A EP 87302526A EP 87302526 A EP87302526 A EP 87302526A EP 0239363 B1 EP0239363 B1 EP 0239363B1
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  • This invention relates to a light-sensitive silver halide photographic material suitable for high speed processing. It particularly relates to a light-sensitive silver halide photographic material having high sensitivity and excellent pressure resistance and graininess even when subjected to ultra rapid processing.
  • ultra rapid processing causes problems such that, for example, (a) the density is insufficient (i.e. there is a decrease in sensitivity, contrast and maximum density), (b) the fixing cannot be carried out sufficiently, (c) the water washing of films may be insufficient, and (d) the drying of films may be insufficient. Insufficient fixing and insufficient water washing may cause a change in the tone of films during storage thereof and consequently lower image quality.
  • a means to solve these problems is to decrease the amount of gelatin.
  • a decrease in the amount of gelatin tends to bring about problems such as coating uneveness and coating streaks.
  • films with less gelatin rub each other or are rubbed by other materials so-called abrasion blackening may occur after processing to form a portion having a higher density than other portions.
  • ultra rapid processing is a processing for a total of 20 to 60 seconds from the time during which the top end of a film is first inserted into an automatic processor, passed through a developing tank, a gangway, a fixing tank, a gangway, a washing tank, a gangway and a drying spot, and emitted from the drying spot [in other words, the quotient (s) obtained by dividing the total length (m) of a processing line by the line conveyor speed (m/s)].
  • a processing solution used in a preceding step may also swell at a gangway and the processing step is considered to substantially proceed in the gangway.
  • Japanese Patent Publication No. 47045/1976 discloses the importance of the amount of gelatin in rapid processing, in which, however, the total processing time is 60 to 120 seconds including the time for gangways. Such a processing time, however, cannot satisfy the demands for ultra rapid processing as recently practiced.
  • orthochromatic light-sensitive materials which are made light-sensitive in the wavelength region of 540 to 550 nm by carrying out orthochromatic sensitization, rather than regular materials conventionally having a light-sensitive region at 450 nm, have been used. These materials have a wide light-sensitive wavelength region and a higher sensitivity. Accordingly, they can decrease the exposure of X-ray doses and minimize their influence on human bodies.
  • dye sensitization is a very useful sensitizing means, but it still has unsolved problems. For example, there remains a problem that sufficient sensitivity cannot be obtained depending on the photographic emulsions used.
  • Pressure desensitization i.e., desensitization at the time of development by mechanical pressure applied before exposure
  • mechanical pressure applied before exposure may sometimes occur due to mechanical pressure applied before exposure.
  • film folding such as the so-called knick mark folding may sometimes occur when a film is folded by its own weight at a portion where the film is held causing pressure desensitization.
  • an automatic exposing and developing apparatus utilizing a mechanical conveyance is widely used in medical X-ray photographic systems. In such an apparatus, however, mechanical force may be applied to films, whereby the above-mentioned pressure blackening and pressure desensitization tend to occur, especially in a dry place in winter. Such a phenomenon is likely to cause serious difficulties in medial diagnosis.
  • light-sensitive silver halide photographic materials comprising silver halide grains having a large grain size and high sensitivity are more likely to have pressure desensitization.
  • the present invention seeks to provide a light-sensitive silver halide photographic material that can eliminate the above problems even when high speed processing is carried out, for example, even when ultra rapid processing whose total processing time is 20 to 60 seconds as mentioned above is carried out, and which has excellent sensitivity, contrast, maximum density, fixing performance and dryness.
  • the present invention also seeks to provide a light-sensitive silver halide photographic material that has been produced with less problems in coating even with a reduced amount of gelatin, that suffers less abrasion blackening or pressure desensitization, and that has excellent in graininess.
  • the present invention provides a light-sensitive silver halide photographic material which comprises photographic layers which have been applied under conditions such that the surface tension of a coating solution for forming an outermost layer is 6x10- 3 N/m (6 dyn/cm) or more less than the surface tension of a solution for forming the layer adjacent to the outermost layer, which photographic material satisfies at least one of the conditions:
  • the photographic material comprises at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one compound of formulae (I), (II) and (III): wherein R i , R 2 and R 3 , which may be identical or different, each represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, alkenyl group or aryl group, at least one of R 1 and R 3 representing a sulfoalkyl group or a carboxyalkyl group; X 1 - represents an anion; Z 1 and Z 2 , which may be identical or different, each represents a group of nonmetallic atoms which together with the carbon atoms to which it is attached forms a substituted or unsubstituted carbon ring; and n is 1 or 2, with the proviso that n is 1 when an intramolecular salt is formed; wherein R 4 and R s , which may be identical or different, each represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group,
  • the photographic layers have been applied under conditions such that the surface tension of a solution for forming an outermost layer (usually the uppermost layer) is 6x10- 3 N/m (6 dyn/cm) or more less than the surface tension of a solution for forming the layer adjacent to the outermost layer (usually the layer directly under the uppermost layer).
  • 6x10- 3 N/m (6 dyn/cm) is 6x10- 3 N/m or more less than the surface tension of a solution for forming the layer adjacent to the outermost layer (usually the layer directly under the uppermost layer).
  • 6x10- 3 N/m (6 dyn/cm) is to use at least one surface active agent in the outermost layer.
  • the surface active agent may or may not be used in the layer directly under the outermost layer.
  • the surface active agents used in the outermost layer and the layer directly under it may be the same or different.
  • the difference in the surface tension between the solutions used for the outermost layer and the layer directly under it is preferably not less than 8x10- 3 N/m (8 dyn/cm), more preferably not less than 10x10- 3 N/m (10 dyn/cm), and most preferably not less than 12x10- 3 N/m (12 dyn/cm).
  • the "outermost layer” mentioned in this invention refers literally to the outside layer, and, in general, is the uppermost layer as mentioned above.
  • a coating for example a super coat, formed by spraying or coating is sometimes provided on the outermost layer.
  • the surface active agent usable in this invention includes, for example, nonionic surface active agents such as saponin (steroid type), alkylene oxide derivatives (for example, polyethylene glycol, a polyethylene glycol/polypropylene glycol condensate, polyethylene glycol alkyl ethers or polyethylene glycol alkylaryl ethers, polyethylene glycol esters, polyethylene glycol sorbitan esters, polyalkylene glycol alkylamines or amides, and addition products of silicones with polyethylene oxides), glycidol derivatives (for example, alkenylsuccinic acid polyglycerides, and alkylphenol polyglycerides), aliphatic acid esters of polyhydric alcohol and alkyl esters of sugar.
  • nonionic surface active agents such as saponin (steroid type), alkylene oxide derivatives (for example, polyethylene glycol, a polyethylene glycol/polypropylene glycol condensate, polyethylene glycol alkyl ethers
  • anionic surface active agents containing an acidic group such as a carboxyl group, a sulfo group, a phospho group, a sulfuric acid ester group and a phosphoric acid ester group, including alkyl carboxylates, alkyl sulfonates, alkyl benzenesulfonates, alkyl naphthalenesulfonates, alkylsulfuric acid esters, alkylphosphoric acid esters, N-acyl-N-alkyltaurines, sulfosuccinic acid esters, sulfoalkyl polyoxyethylene alkylphenyl ethers and polyoxyethylene alkylphosphoric acid esters.
  • an acidic group such as a carboxyl group, a sulfo group, a phospho group, a sulfuric acid ester group and a phosphoric acid ester group
  • alkyl carboxylates alkyl sulfonates, alkyl benz
  • amphoteric surface active agents such as amino acids, aminoalkylsulfonic acids, aminoal- kylsulfuric acid or phosphoric acid esters, alkylbetaines and amine oxides. It also includes cationic surface active agents such as alkylamine salts, aliphatic or aromatic quaternary ammonium salts, heterocyclic quaternary ammonium salts such as pyridinium and imidazolium, phosphonium or sulfonium salts containing an aliphatic or a heterocyclic ring. There may be further used, for example, fluorine-containing surface active agents or fluorine-containing surface active agents having a polyoxyethylene group.
  • the surface active agents of alkylene oxide type are disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent publication No. 9610/1976, DT-26 48 746 and Japanese Unexamined Patent Publications No.129623/1978, No. 89624/1979, No. 98235/1979, 203435/1983, No. 208743/1983, No. 80848/1985 and No. 94126/1985.
  • Examples of the combined use of the surface active agents of the alkylene oxide type and other compounds are disclosed in, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publications No. 89626/1979, No. 70837/1980, No. 11341/1982, No. 109947/1982, No. 74554/1984, No. 76741/1985, No. 76742/1985, No. 76743/1985, No. 80839/1985, No. 80846/1985, No. 80847/1985, No. 131293/1975 and No. 29715/1978.
  • the anionic surface active agents may include those disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 21922/1978, GB-1,503,218 and Japanese Patent Publication No. 1617/1981, and sulfates of higher alcohols, higher alkyl sulfonates, alkylbenzene sulfonates, dialkyl sulfosuccinates, acylmethyltauride, N-acylsarcocinate, aliphatic monoglyceride sulfate and a-sulfonic acid.
  • the fluorine-containing surface active agents may include the compounds disclosed in Japanese Patent Publications No. 9303/1972, No. 43130/1973, No. 25087/1977 and No. 1230/1982, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publications No. 46733/1974, No. 16525/1975, No. 34233/1975, No. 32322/1976, No. 14224/1979, No. 111330/1979, No. 557762/1980, No. 19042/1981, No. 41093/1981, No. 34856/1981, No. 11341/1982, No. 29691/1982, No. 64228/1982, No. 146248/1982, No. 114944/1981, No. 114945/1981, No. 196544/1983, No.
  • the surface tension of the coating solutions regulated by the surface active agent can be determined by measurement according to the Wilhelm's conventional method at a prescribed liquid temperature.
  • Preferred anionic surface active agents containing no polyalkylene oxide group are:
  • Preferred fluorine-containing surface active agents are:
  • fluorine-containing surface active agents include UNIDAIN (trade mark) from Daikin Industries, Ltd. and FLOLARD (trade mark) from 3M (Sumitomo 3M Limited).
  • polyoxyethylene surface active agents preferably used in this invention are:
  • Preferable quaternary ammonium salts may include the compounds shown below as 4-1 to 4-20.
  • Coating solutions used in embodiment (b) of the invention for the outermost layer and the layer adjacent thereto which form the photographic constituent layers of the light-sensitive material of this invention are now described.
  • the coating solutions preferably have a viscosity of 20x10 -3 Pas (20 cp) or less, more preferably 15x10- 3 Pas (15 cp) or less. It is further preferable for the difference in the viscosity between the two solutions to be ⁇ 2x10- 3 Pas (2 cp).
  • Any thickening agent can be used in the solutions if it has a thickening effect and, at the same time, does not particularly adversely affect the light-sensitive silver halide photographic material.
  • Generally used thickening agents include aqueous polymers having a sulfuric acid ester group (Japanese Patent Publication No. 21574/1961), dextran and sulfuric acid esters thereof (Japanese Patent Publications No. 11989/1960 and No. 12872/1970), polysaccharides (U.S. Patent No. 3,767,410), polymers having a sulfonic acid group, a carboxylic acid group or a phosphoric acid group (Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 18687/1983) and colloidal silica (Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 36768/1983). Those which are particularly preferred in this invention are disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent publication No. 109947/1982.
  • One or more thickening agents other than colloidal silica can be used as the thickening agent.
  • the amount of the thickening agent is suitably selected depending on the layer(s) to which they are added or the nature of the agent. In summary, it is satisfactory if the viscosity is controlled to 20x10 -3 Pas (20 cp) or less by using the thickening agent.
  • the viscosity can be determined by measurement at a liquid temperature of 35 ° C with a viscometer such as a B-type viscometer.
  • the amount of gelatin contained in the photographic constituent layers formed on the support is from 2.20 to 3.10 g/m 2. If the amount of gelatin is in this range, the sensitivity of the light-sensitive material and the resistance to abrasion blackening can be improved to a greater extent than in the case where gelatin is contained in an amount of more than 3.10 g/m 2. If the amount is less than 2.20 g/m 2 , the gelatin can be applied to a support only with difficulty.
  • the sensitizing dyes may be any substances having a desired absorption band in the visible light region; compounds of formulae (I), (II) and (III) as defined above are preferably used.
  • the carbon ring containing Z 1 and Z 2 is preferably an aromatic ring such as a substituted or unsubstituted benzene ring or naphthalene ring.
  • X 1 - may be, for example, a chloride ion, a bromide ion, an iodide ion, a thiocyanate ion, a sulfate ion, a perchlorate ion, a p-toluene sulfonate ion or an ethyl sulfate ion.
  • the lower alkyl group represented by R 6 includes, for example, a methyl, ethyl, propyl or butyl group.
  • the aryl group represented by R 6 includes, for example, a phenyl group.
  • the groups represented by R 4 and R 5 include those exemplified for R 1 and R 3 in formula (I).
  • X 2 - may also be an anion exemplified for X 1 - in formula (I).
  • the lower alkyl group represented by R 7 and R 9 includes groups such as methyl, ethyl, propyl and butyl.
  • the substituted alkyl group includes the groups exemplified for R 1 to R 3 in formula (I).
  • the lower alkyl groups represented by R 8 and R 1 0 are exemplified by the same groups as for R 7 and Rg.
  • the hydroxyalkyl group, sulfoalkyl group and carboxyalkyl group represented by R 8 and R 10 include the groups exemplified for R 1 to R 3 in formula (I).
  • X 3 - may also be an anion exemplified for X 1 - in formula (I).
  • the compounds of formulae (I), (II) and (III) may be used, for example, in an amount of from 10 mg to 900 mg in total per 1 mole of silver halide.
  • the amount is preferably from 60 mg to 600 mg.
  • the compounds of formulae (I), (II) and (III) may be added at any position in the course of the production of the light-sensitive materials. For example, they may be added anywhere before chemical ripening, during chemical ripening, after termination of chemical ripening or before coating.
  • the light-sensitive material of this invention is suitable for high speed processing, and excellent photographs can be obtained without the problems mentioned above even when used, for example, in ultra rapid processing as mentioned above.
  • the light-sensitive material of this invention is preferably processed in an automatic processor having a processing time of from 20 to 60 seconds.
  • a preferred embodiment is to use a silver halide photographic emulsion comprising silver halide grains substantially comprising silver iodobromide and having a multi-layer structure, the difference in average iodide content between any two layers having uniform iodine distribution (between coats or between an inner nucleus and a coat) adjacent to each other in the multi-layers of the silver halide grains being 10 mole % or less.
  • the outermost layer has an average iodide content of 10 mole % or less, and that the silver halide grains are chemically sensitized.
  • the grains having a multi-layer structure have an inner nucleus with a coat that may have any halogen composition.
  • This coat may comprise only one layer or may be laminated to form two or more layers, for example, three layers or four layers, but preferably not more than five layers.
  • silver halides for use in the inner nucleus and the coats silver bromide, silver iodobromide and silver iodide are used; they may be in a mixture with a small amount of silver chloride. Specifically, the mixture may contain 10 mole % or less, preferably 5 mole % or less, silver chloride.
  • the outermost layer preferably comprises substantially silver bromide or substantially silver iodobromide (iodide content: 10 % or less), and may contain less than several percent chloride.
  • the average total iodide content in the silver halide grains is preferably 10 mole % or less, more preferably 6 mole % or less.
  • iodide may sometimes aggravate problems such as development inhibition and infectious development, and therefore it is preferred to use an iodide content of not more than a certain level.
  • This invention is effective for decreasing fogging by pressure, and, for such a reason, the total iodide content in all of the grains is preferably 10 mole % or less, more preferably 7 mole % or less, and most preferably 5 mole % or less.
  • the inner nucleus comprises silver iodobromide
  • it is preferably a homogeneous phase of a solid solution.
  • the halide composition of the inner nucleus is such that the average iodide content is preferably 40 mole % or less, more preferably from 0 to 20 mole %.
  • the difference in the silver iodide content between two layers adjacent to each other is preferably not less than 10 mole 96, more preferably not less than 20 mole 96, and particularly preferably not less than 25 mole %.
  • the silver iodide content in a coat other than the outermost coat is preferably from 10 mole % to 100 mole %.
  • the silver halide grains comprise 3 or more layers and the coats comprise silver iodobromide, they may not necessarily be all homogeneous, but it is preferred for all layers to comprise homogeneous silver iodobromide.
  • Such coats (or inner nucleus) having a high iodide content are preferably present below the outermost layer in the case of a negative type silver halide emulsion.
  • a positive type silver halide emulsion they may be present either in the inside or at the surface.
  • the silver iodide content in the outermost coat is preferably not more than 10 mole %, more preferably from 0 to 5 mole %.
  • the iodide content in the inner nucleus and the coats of the silver halide grains can also be determined by the method disclosed in J.I. Goldstein and D.B. Williams, "X-ray Analysis in TEM/ATEM", Scanning Electron Microscopy (1977), Vol. 1, (I.I.T. Research Institute), p.651 (March, 1977).
  • the inner nucleus preferably has a higher iodide content than the outermost layer, and, when it comprises three layers, the coats other than the outermost layer or the inner nucleus preferably have a higher iodide content than the outermost layer.
  • This invention is preferably applied in respect of silver halide grains which have been chemically sensitized. This is because unsensitized grains may have very poor sensitivity, and neither abrasion blackening nor pressure desensitization may occur in the first place.
  • the silver halide grains may be of positive type or of negative type.
  • chemical sensitization is preferably carried out to such a degree that it gives 60 % or more of the optimum sensitization degree when taking a sensitivity point of "fog + 0.1 " in the optical density.
  • chemical sensitization is preferably applied to the inside of grains to such a degree that it gives 60 % or more of the optimum sensitization degree when taking a sensitivity point of "fog - 0.1 " in the optical density.
  • silver halide grains which can be used are a combination of internal fog type silver halide grains with surface latent image type silver halide grains as disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 2068/1966.
  • the average grain size of the silver halide grains is expressed as the edge length of a grain having a volume equal to the average volume of the grains.
  • the silver halide emulsion grains used in the silver halide emulsion layers have an average grain size of 0.30 to 1.50 am, more preferably 0.40 to 1.30 am, and most preferably 0.40 to 1.10 ⁇ m.
  • the grain size distribution may be either narrow or wide.
  • the silver halide grains contained in the photographic emulsion may have any grain size distribution, but may particularly be monodispersed.
  • the term "monodispersed” means a system wherein 95 % of the grains are included in ⁇ 60 %, preferably in ⁇ 40 %, of the number average grain size.
  • the number average grain size refers to the number average diameter of the projected area of the silver halide grains.
  • the silver halide grains in the photographic emulsion may have a regular crystal form such as a cube, an octahedron, a tetradecahedron or a dodecahedron, an irregular crystal, form such as a sphere or a plate, or a composite form of these crystal forms.
  • the grains may comprise grains of various crystal forms.
  • An emulsion comprising silver halide grains comprising an ultra flat plate having diameter of 5 times or more of its thickness accounting for 50 % or more of total projection area may also be used. Details are disclosed in, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publications No. 127921/1983 and No. 113927/1983.
  • the regular grains mentioned above refer to a silver halide emulsion wherein at least 80 % by weight or number of the grains have a regular form.
  • Silver halide grains which are regular in structure or form also include grains which have been isotropically grown without any anisotropic growth of, for example, twin crystal faces, and which have the shape of, for example, a cube, a tetradecahedron, a regular octahedron, a dodecahedron or a sphere.
  • Such regular silver halide grains can be obtained by controlling the reaction conditions when allowing silver halide grains to grow using a simultaneous mixing method.
  • silver halide grains can be obtained by adding to an aqueous solution of a protective colloid, a silver nitrate solution and a halide solution in substantially equimolar amounts with vigorous stirring.
  • an emulsion comprises at least 60 to 70 % by weight of regular silver halide grains.
  • the silver ions and halide ions are preferably fed by gradually increasing, in a continuous or stepwise manner, the growth rate at a critical growth rate, or within a suitable tolerance thereof, for feeding the silver halide necessary and sufficient for the growth of existing grains only, without dissolving the existing crystal grains, and without the generation or growth of new grains, accompanying the growth of the crystal grains.
  • This method is disclosed in Japanese Patent Publications No. 36890/1973 and No. 16364/1977 and Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 142329/1980.
  • silver ions and halide ions are effectively fed at such a rate that the rate of growth of silver halide grains is from 30 to 100 % of the critical growth rate.
  • This critical growth rate varies depending on, for example, the temperature, the pH, the pAg, the degree of stirring, the composition of the silver halide grains, the solubility, the grain size, the distance between grains, the crystal form and the nature and density of the protective colloid. It can readily be determined by experiment, for example by microscopic observation of emulsion grains suspended in a liquid phase or by measurement of turbidity.
  • the silver halide grains used in the silver halide emulsion can be produced by, for example, a neutral method, an acidic method, an ammonia method, a regular mixing method, a reverse mixing method, a double jet method, a controlled double jet method, a conversion method or a core/shell method, as disclosed in, for example, T.H. James, The Theory of the Photographic Process, 4th Ed., published by Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc. (1977); P. Glfkides, Chemie et Physique Photographigue, published by Paul Montel Co., 1967; G.F. Duffin, Photographic Emulsion Chemistry, published by The Focal Press, 1966; and V.L. Zelikman et al, Making and Coating Photographic Emulsion, published by The Forcal Press, 1964.
  • a triple jet method in which soluble halogen salts having different compositions (for example, a soluble silver salt, a soluble bromine salt and a soluble iodine salt) are each independently added.
  • soluble halogen salts having different compositions for example, a soluble silver salt, a soluble bromine salt and a soluble iodine salt
  • a silver halide solvent for example, ammonia, potassium thiocyanate, ammonium thiocyanate, thioether compounds (see, for example, U.S. Patents No. 3,271,157, No. 3,574,628, No. 3,704,130, No. 4,297,439 and No. 4,276,374), thion compounds (see, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publications No. 144319/1978, No. 82408/1978 and No. 77737/1980) and amine compounds (see, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 100717/1979) can be used to control the growth of grains. Among them, ammonia is preferred.
  • Two or more kinds of silver halide emulsions separately produced may be also used by mixing them together.
  • These silver halide grains or the silver halide emulsion preferably contain at least one soluble salt of iridium, thallium, palladium, rhodium, zinc, nickel, cobalt, uranium thorium, strontium, tungsten or platinum.
  • the salt is preferably contained in an amount of from 10- 6 to 10- 1 mole per mole of silver. At least one salt of thallium, palladium or iridium is preferred. These may be used alone or in combination, and any position (or time) of addition may be selected. There can be expected effects such as an improvement in, for example, flash exposure performance, prevention of pressure desensitization, prevention of latent image fading and sensitization.
  • a mother liquor containing protective colloids is preferably kept such that the pAg is at least 10.5 or more during the course of the grain growth effected before the chemical sensitization mentioned above.
  • the grains should be allowed to pass at least once through an environment of pAg 11.5 or more containing a great excess of bromide ions.
  • the (111) face is increased and the grains are rounded, whereby the effect of this invention can be increased.
  • Such a (111) face preferably accounts for 5 % or more of the total surface area of the grains.
  • the rate of increase in the (111) face is preferably not less than 10 %, more preferable from 10 to 20 %.
  • grains may be allowed to pass once through an environment where a mother liquor containing protective colloids is kept at a pAg of at least 10.5, whereby it can be readily confirmed by Hirata's measurement method whether the (111) face is increased to 5 % or more.
  • the mother liquor may be made to have the above pAg preferably at the time after having added about 2/3 of the total amount of silver and before a desalting step which is generally carried out before chemical sensitization. This is because a monodispersed emulsion having a wide grain size distribution can thus be readily obtained.
  • the ripening in the environment of pAg 10.5 or more is preferably effected for 2 minutes or more.
  • the (111) face can be increased to 5 % or more and the grain can have a roundish shape.
  • a preferred grain having 5 % or more of the (111) face, relative to the total surface area of the grain, can be obtained.
  • a noodle washing method which is carried out by gelation of gelatin may be used, or a sedimentation method (or a floculation method) utilizing inorganic salts, anionic surface active agents, anionic polymers (for example, polystyrene sulfonic acid) or gelatin derivatives (for example, acylated gelatin or carbamoylated gelatin) may also be used.
  • the step of removing soluble salts may be omitted.
  • the silver halide emulsion may or may not be chemically sensitized, but is preferably chemically sensitized.
  • the method disclosed in H. Frieser, Die Unen der Photo-graphischen Liste Sawe mit Silberhalogeniden, Akademische Verlagaesellschaft, 1968, pp.675-734 can, for example, be employed.
  • a sulfur sensitization method using an active gelatin or a sulfur-containing compound capable of reacting with silver for example, thiosulfate, thioureas, mercapto compounds or rhodanines
  • a reduction sensitization method using a reducible substance for example, a silver-tin salt, amines, hydrazine derivatives, formamidinesulfinic acid or silane compounds
  • a noble metal sensitization method using a noble metal compound for example, gold complex salts, as well as complex salts of Group VIII metals in the periodic table such as Pt, Ir or Pd.
  • the photographic emulsion may be spectrally sensitized, for example by a methine dye.
  • the dye usable includes cyanine dyes, merocyanine dyes, composite cyanine dyes, composite merocyanine dyes, holopolarcyanine dyes, hemicyanine dyes, styryl dyes and hemioxonol dyes.
  • Particularly useful dyes are cyanine dyes, merocyanine dyes and composite merocyanine dyes. In these dyes, any nuclei usually utilized in cyanine dyes as a basic heterocyclic ring nuclei can be used.
  • a pyrroline nucleus an oxazoline nucleus, a thiazoline nucleus, a pyrol nucleus, an oxazole nucleus, a thiazole nucleus, a selenazole nucleus, an imidazole nucleus, a tetrazole nucleus or a pyridine nucleus; a nucleus wherein an aliphatic hydrocarbon nucleus is fused with any of the above nuclei; and a nucleus wherein an aromatic hydrocarbon is fused with any of the above nuclei, for example an indolenine nucleus, a benzindolenine nucleus, an indole nucleus, a benzoxazole nucleus, a naphthoxazole nucleus, a benzothiazole nucleus, a naphthothiazole nucleus, a benzoselenazole
  • a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring nuclei such as a pyrazolin-5-on nucleus, a thiohydantoin nucleus, a 2-thiooxazolidine-2,4-dion nucleus, a thiazolidine-2,4-dion nucleus, a rhodanine nucleus or a thiobarbituric acid nucleus can be used as a nuclei having a ketomethylene structure.
  • spectral sensitizing dyes are disclosed in P. Glafkides, "Chemie Photographigue”, 2nd Ed., 1957; Paul Montel, Paris, Articles 35 to 41; F.M. Hamer, "The Cyanine and Related Compounds", Interscience; and U.S. Patents No. 2,503,776, No. 3,459,553 and No. 3,117,210 and Research Disclosure Vol. 176, 17643, published December, 1978, Paragraph 23-IV-J.
  • Sensitizing dyes may be used alone or may be used in combination. A combination of sensitizing dyes is frequently used, particularly for supersensitization.
  • the sensitizing dye can be used in a concentration which is the same as that used in ordinary negative type silver halide emulsions. It is particularly advantageously used in a concentration that does not substantially lower the sensitivity inherent in a silver halide emulsion.
  • the sensitizing dye is preferably used in a concentration of from 1.0 x 10- 5 to 5.0 x 10- 4 mole per mole of silver halide, particularly from 4.0 x 10- 5 to 2.0 x 10- 4 mole per mole of silver halide.
  • the emulsion may contain a dye having itself no spectral sensitization action, or a substance substantially absorbing no visible light and having supersensitization.
  • it may contain an aminostilbene compound (for example, the compounds disclosed in U.S. Patents No. 3,533,590 and No. 3,638,721), an aromatic organic acid/formaldehyde condensate (for example, the compounds disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 3,743,510), a cadmium salt or an azaindene compound.
  • aminostilbene compound for example, the compounds disclosed in U.S. Patents No. 3,533,590 and No. 3,638,721
  • an aromatic organic acid/formaldehyde condensate for example, the compounds disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 3,743,510
  • a cadmium salt or an azaindene compound particularly effective are the combinations disclosed in U.S. Patents No. 3,615,615, No. 3,615,641, No. 3,617,295 and No. 3,635,921.
  • the photographic emulsion may contain various compounds to prevent togging during production, storage or photographic processing of the light-sensitive materials, or to make the photographic performance stable. That is, there can be added a variety of compounds known as antifoggants or stabilizers, including thiazoles, for example, benzothiazolium salts, nitroimidazoles, nitrobenzimidazoles, chloroben- zimidazoles, bromobenzimidazsoles, mercaptothiazoles, mercaptobenzothiazoles, mercaptobenzimidazoles, mercaptothiadiazoles, aminotriazoles, benzotriazoles, nitrobenzotriazoles and mercaptotetrazoles (in particular, 1-phenyl-5-mercaptotetrazole); mercaptopyrimidines; mercaptotriazines; thioketo compounds such as oxazoline thion; azaindenes, for example, triazaindenes,
  • Usable compounds include, for example, thiazolium salts disclosed in U.S. Patents No. 2,131,038 and No. 2,694,716; azaindenes disclosed in U.S. Patents No. 2,886,437 and No. 2,444,605; urazoles disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 3,287,135; sulfocatechols disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 3,236,632; oxymes disclosed in British Patent No. 623,448; mercaptotetrazoles disclosed in U.S. Patents No. 2,403,927, No. 3,266,897 and No. 3,397,987; nitron; nitroindazoles; polyvalent metal salts disclosed in U.S.
  • Patent No. 2,839,403 thiuronium salts disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 3,220,839; and salts of palladium, platinum or gold disclosed in U.S. Patents No. 2,566,263 and No. 2,597,715.
  • the light-sensitive material of this invention may contain a water soluble dye as a filter dye or to prevent irradiation and halation, or for any other purpose.
  • a water soluble dye includes oxonol dyes, hemioxonol dyes, styryl dyes, merocyanine dyes, cyanine dyes and azo dyes. Among them, oxonol dyes, hemioxonol dyes and merocyanine dyes are particularly useful.
  • a dye or an ultraviolet absorbent when contained in a hydrophilic colloid layer, it may be mordanted, for example by a cationic polymer.
  • Such a dye includes the compounds disclosed in Absorbing and Filter Dyes in Research Disclosure Vol. 176, pp.23-26.
  • the photographic emulsion layers of the light-sensitive photographic material of this invention may contain, for example, polyalkylene oxides, derivatives thereof such as an ether, ester and amine thereof, thioether compounds, thiomorpholines, quaternary ammonium chloride compounds, urethane derivatives, urea derivatives, imidazole derivatives or 3-pyrazolidones.
  • gelatin as a binding material or a protective colloid in emulsion layers or intermediate layers of the light-sensitive material of this invention.
  • another hydrophilic colloid alone or in combination with gelatin.
  • the gelatin When gelatin is used in working this invention, the gelatin may, for example, be either lime-treated or treated with an acid. Details of a method for producing gelatin are disclosed in Arther Davis, The Macromolecular Chemistry of Gelatin, Academic Press( published 1964).
  • the hydrophilic colloid includes, for example, proteins such as gelatin derivatives, graft polymers of gelatin with other macromolecules, albumin and casein; cellulose derivatives such as hydroxyethyl cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose and cellulose sulfuric acid esters; sugar derivatives such as sodium alginate and starch derivatives; and various synthetic hydrophilic macromolecular substances such as homopolymers or copolymers of polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl alcohol partial acetal, poly-N-vinyl pyrrolidone, polyacrylic acid, polymethacrylic acid, polyacrylamide, polyvinyl imidazole or polyvinyl pyrazole.
  • proteins such as gelatin derivatives, graft polymers of gelatin with other macromolecules, albumin and casein
  • cellulose derivatives such as hydroxyethyl cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose and cellulose sulfuric acid esters
  • sugar derivatives such as sodium alginate and starch derivatives
  • the photographic emulsion layers and other hydrophilic colloid layers may contain an inorganic or organic hardening agent.
  • an inorganic or organic hardening agent there can be used, alone or in combination, chromium salts (such as chrome alum and chromium acetate), aldehydes (such as formaldehyde, glyoxal and glutalaldehyde), N-methylol compounds (such as dimethylol urea and methyloldimethylhydantoin), dioxane derivatives (such as 2,3-dihydroxydioxane), active vinyl compounds (such as 1,3,5-triacryloyl-hexahydro-2-triazine and 1,3-vinylsulfonyl-2-propanol), active halogen compounds (such as 2,4-dichloro-6-hydroxy-3-triazine) or mucohalogen acids (such as mucochloric acid and mucophenoxychloric acid).
  • the photographic emulsion layers and other hydrophilic colloid layers may contain a dispersed product of a water soluble or slightly soluble synthetic polymer to improve the dimensional stability.
  • a water soluble or slightly soluble synthetic polymer for example, there can be used, solely or in combination, alkyl acrylates or methacrylates, alkoxyalkyl acrylates or methacrylates, glycidyl acrylates or methacrylates, acryl-or methacrylamide, vinyl esters (for example, vinyl acetate), acrylonitriles, olefins, styrenes or polymers having monomer components comprising a combination of these with, for example, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, a,;8-unsaturated dicarboxylic acid, hydroxyalkyl acrylates or methacrylates, sulfoalkyl acrylates or methacrylates or styrenesulfonic acid.
  • a protective layer is preferably used in the light-sensitive silver halide photographic material of this invention.
  • the protective layer is a layer comprising a hydrophilic colloid, and, as the hydrophilic colloid, there can be used those mentioned before.
  • the protective layer may comprise either a single layer or overlapped layers.
  • a matte agent and/or a smoothing agent may, for example, be added to the emulsion layers or the protective layer, preferably to the protective layer, of the light-sensitive silver halide photographic material of this invention.
  • the matte agent preferably used include organic compounds such as water dispersible vinyl polymers including polymethyl methacrylate having a suitable grain size (preferably a grain size of from 0.3 to 5 am, or twice or more, particularly four times or more, of the thickness of the protective layer), or inorganic compounds such as silver halide and strontium or barium sulfate.
  • the smoothing agent is useful to prevent adhesion trouble similarly to the matte agent, and also to improve the friction characteristics having a relation to the adaptability to cameras when taking photographs of motion picture films or projecting motion pictures.
  • waxes such as liquid paraffin and higher aliphatic acid esters; polyfluorinated hydrocarbons or derivatives thereof; and silicones such as polyalkyl polysiloxane, polyaryl polysiloxane, polyalkylaryl polysiloxane or alkylene oxide addition derivatives of these.
  • additives can be used in the light-sensitive photographic material of this invention.
  • they may include a dye, a development accelerator, a brightening agent, a color fog preventive agent or an ultraviolet absorbent.
  • a dye for example, a dye having a color fog preventive property.
  • a color fog preventive agent for example, a color fog preventive agent.
  • the light-sensitive silver halide photographic material of this invention can be provided with, for example an antihalation layer, an intermediate layer or a filter layer.
  • the photographic emulsion layers or other layers are applied to one or both sides of a flexible support usually used in light-sensitive materials.
  • Useful flexible supports are, for example, films comprising semisynthesized or synthesized macromolecules such as cellulose nitrate, cellulose acetate, cellulose acetate butylate, polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene terephthalate or polycarbonate; and paper coated or laminated with a baryta layer or an a-olefin polymer (for example, polyethylene, polypropylene or an ethylene/butene copolymer).
  • the support may be colored by a dye or pigment. It may be made black for light interception.
  • the surfaces of these supports are, in general, subbing-treated to improve the adhesion of a photographic emulsion.
  • the surface of the support may be submitted to, for example, corona discharge ultraviolet irradiation or flame treatment before or after the subbing treatment.
  • corona discharge ultraviolet irradiation or flame treatment before or after the subbing treatment.
  • the photographic emulsion layers or other hydrophilic colloid layers can be applied to a support or other layers by various coating methods.
  • coating methods are a dip coating method, a roller coating method, a curtain coating method and an extrusion coating method. The method disclosed in the paragraph "Coating Procedures" in Research Disclosure, Vol. 176, pp.27-28 may be used.
  • the light-sensitive silver halide photographic material of this invention can, for example, be used specifically as an X-ray light-sensitive material, lithographic light-sensitive material, black and white photography light-sensitive material, color negative light-sensitive material, color reversal light-sensitive material, color photographic paper, colloid transfer process material, silver salt diffusion transfer process material, dye transfer process material, silver dye bleaching method material, print-out sensitive material or heat development sensitive material.
  • the exposure for obtaining a photographic image may be carried out by conventional methods.
  • any light source containing ultraviolet light including natural light (sunlight), a tungsten lamp, a fluorescent lamp, a mercury lamp, a xenon arc lamp, a carbon arc lamp, a xenon flash lamp, a cathode ray tube flying spot, a light-emitting diode or laser beams (for example from a gas laser, a YAG laser, a dye laser or a semiconductor laser).
  • Exposure may also be carried out by light emitted from phosphors excited by, for example, electron rays, X-rays, gamma rays or alpha rays.
  • Exposure may be carried out for 1/1000 second to 1 second as in ordinary cameras, as well as for a time shorter than 1/1000 second, for example, from 1/10 4 to 1/10 6 second using a xenon flash lamp or a cathode ray tube, or for longer than 1 second. If necessary, the spectral composition of light used in exposure can be controlled using a color filter.
  • any of the methods and processing solutions disclosed in, for example, Research Disclosure No. 176, pp.25-30 (RD-17643) can be used for the photographic processing of the light-sensitive material of this invention.
  • This photographic processing may be either photographic processing for the formation of silver images (i.e. black and white photographic processing) or photographic processing for the formation of color images (i.e. color photographic processing).
  • the processing temperature is usually from 18°C to 50°C, but may be lower than 18 ° C or higher than 50 ° C.
  • a developing solution used when, for example, carrying out black and white processing may contain known developing agents.
  • the developing agents can, for example, be used as the developing agents, solely or in combination, dihydroxybenzenes (for example, hydroquinone), 3-pyrazolidones (for example, 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidone) or aminophenols (for example, N-methyl-n-aminophenol).
  • the developing solution may, for example, contain a preservative, an alkali agent, a pH buffering agent or an antifoggant, and may, for example, further contain, if necessary, a dissolution auxiliary, a color toning agent, a development accelerator, a surface active agent, an antifoaming agent, a hard water-softening agent, a hardening agent or a viscosity-imparting agent.
  • a development agent is incorporated in a light-sensitive material, for example, in emulsion layers, and the light-sensitive material is developed in an aqueous alkali solution.
  • a hydrophobic development agent can be incorporated in the emulsion layers according to the methods disclosed in Research Disclosure No. 169 (RD-16928), U.S. Patent No. 2,739,890, British Patent No. 813,253 and West German Patent No. 15 47 763.
  • Such a developing processing may be combined with a silver salt stabilizing processing carried out using a thiocyanate.
  • a fixing solution that having a formulation as generally employed can be used.
  • a fixing agent there can be used thiosulfate and thiocyanate, as well as organic sulfur compounds known to be effective as fixing agents.
  • the fixing solution may contain a water soluble aluminum salt as a hardening agent.
  • the photographic emulsion layer of the light-sensitive photographic material of the present invention may contain a color image-forming coupler, i.e. a compound capable of forming a dye by reacting with an oxidized product of an aromatic primary amine (for example a phenylenediamine derivative or aminophenol derivative) developing agent in color developing processing.
  • a color image-forming coupler i.e. a compound capable of forming a dye by reacting with an oxidized product of an aromatic primary amine (for example a phenylenediamine derivative or aminophenol derivative) developing agent in color developing processing.
  • magenta coupler there may be included 5-pyrazolone couplers, pyrazolobenzimidazole couplers, cyanoacetylcumarone couplers and open chain acylacetonitrile couplers; as a yellow coupler, acylacetamide couplers (for example, benzoylacetanilides and pivaloylacetanirides); and as a cyan coupler, a naphthol coupler and a phenol coupler.
  • 5-pyrazolone couplers for example, pyrazolobenzimidazole couplers, cyanoacetylcumarone couplers and open chain acylacetonitrile couplers
  • yellow coupler acylacetamide couplers (for example, benzoylacetanilides and pivaloylacetanirides)
  • cyan coupler for example, benzoylacetanilides and pivaloylacetanirides
  • couplers are preferably non-diffusible couplers having a hydrophobic group called a ballast group in the molecules.
  • the couplers may be either of the four equivalent type or two equivalent type relative to the silver ions.
  • DIR couplers there may be included colorless DIR coupling compounds that form a colorless product by the coupling reaction and release a development restrainer.
  • the light-sensitive silver halide photographic material of this invention may contain a color fog preventive agent, for example hydroquinone derivatives aminophenol derivatives, gallic acid derivatives or ascorbic acid derivatives.
  • a color fog preventive agent for example hydroquinone derivatives aminophenol derivatives, gallic acid derivatives or ascorbic acid derivatives.
  • the light-sensitive silver halide photographic material of this invention may contain an ultraviolet absorbent in the hydrophilic colloid layer.
  • an ultraviolet absorbent for example, there can be used benzotriazole compounds substituted with an aryl group (for example, those disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 3,533,794), 4-thiazolidone compounds (for example, those disclosed in U.S. Patents No. 3,314,794 and No. 3,352,651), benzophenone compounds (for example, those disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2784/1971), cinnamic acid ester compounds (for example, those disclosed in U.S. Patents No. 3,705,805 and No. 3,705,375), butadiene compounds (for example, those disclosed in U.S. Patent No.
  • Couplers having ultraviolet absorbing properties for example, cyan dye-forming couplers of the a-naphthol type
  • polymers having ultraviolet absorbing properties may be also used. These ultraviolet absorbents may be mordanted in a particular layer.
  • anti-color-fading agents as shown below can be used in combination, and color image stabilizers used in this invention can be used alone or in combination of two or more of them.
  • the anti-color-fading agents include hydroquinone derivatives, gallic acid derivatives, p-alkoxyphenols, p-oxyphenol derivative and bisphenols.
  • a color developing solution may comprise an alkaline aqueous solution containing a color development agent.
  • the color developing agent that can be used includes various primary aromatic amine developing agents such as phenylenediamines (for example, 4-amino-N,N-diethylamine, 3-methyl-4-amino-N,N-diethylaniline, 4-amino-N-ethyl-N-Q-hydroxyethylaniline, 3-methyl-4-amino-N-ethyl-N-Q-hydroxyethylaniline, 3-methyl-4-amino-N-ethyl-N-,8-methanesulfoamide ethylaniline or 4-amino-3-methyl-N-ethyl-N-Q-methoxyethylaniline).
  • phenylenediamines for example, 4-amino-N,N-diethylamine, 3-methyl-4-amino-N,N-diethylaniline, 4-
  • the color developing solution may further contain, for example, a pH buffering agent such as an alkali metal sulfite, carbonate, borate or phosphate or a development restrainer or antifoggant such as a bromide, iodide or organic antifoggant.
  • a pH buffering agent such as an alkali metal sulfite, carbonate, borate or phosphate or a development restrainer or antifoggant such as a bromide, iodide or organic antifoggant.
  • a hard water softening agent such as hydroxylamine, an organic solvent such as benzyl alcohol and diethylene glycol, a development accelerator such as polyethylene glycol, quaternary ammonium salts and amines, a color dye-forming coupler, a competing coupler, a fogging agent such as sodium boron hydride, an auxiliary developing agent such as 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidone, a viscosity imparting agent, a polycarboxylic acid type chelating agent or an antioxidant.
  • a hard water softening agent such as hydroxylamine, an organic solvent such as benzyl alcohol and diethylene glycol
  • a development accelerator such as polyethylene glycol, quaternary ammonium salts and amines
  • a color dye-forming coupler such as a competing coupler
  • a fogging agent such as sodium boron hydride
  • an auxiliary developing agent such as 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidone
  • a viscosity imparting agent such as
  • the photographic emulsion layers are usually subjected to a bleaching processing.
  • the bleaching processing may be carried out simultaneously with a fixing processing, or may be carried out separately.
  • a bleaching agent there may be used, for example, polyvalent metal compounds such as those of iron (III), cobalt (III), chrome (VI) and copper (II), peracids, quinones or nitroso compounds.
  • ferricyanide dichromate
  • organic complex salts of iron (III) or cobalt (III) for example, complex salts of aminopolycarboxylic acids such as ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, nitrilotriacetic acid and 1,3-diamino-2-propanoltetraacetic acid, or of organic acids such as citric acid, tartaric acid and malic acid; persulfate; permanganate; or nitrosophenol.
  • aminopolycarboxylic acids such as ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, nitrilotriacetic acid and 1,3-diamino-2-propanoltetraacetic acid, or of organic acids such as citric acid, tartaric acid and malic acid; persulfate; permanganate; or nitrosophenol.
  • potassium ferricyanide sodium ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid iron (III) and ammonium ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
  • a silver iodobromide emulsion E-1 containing 2.0 mole % of silver iodide was first prepared by regular mixing in a full ammonia method. This emulsion comprised grains having an average grain size of 1.10 am. This silver iodobromide emulsion E-1 was subjected to an optimum gold/sulfur sensitization by adding chloroauric acid, sodium thiosulfate and ammonium thiocyanate, and stabilized with 4-hydroxy-6-methyl-1,3,3a,7-tetrazaindene.
  • Both sides of a polyester film support having been subjected to a subbing treatment were coated with the above stabilized emulsion and a protective layer to which a hardening agent was added, to provide layers in the order of the silver halide emulsion layer and the protective layer according to a slide hopper method at a coating rate of 100 m/min so that two layers simultaneously overlap, thereby obtaining Samples No. 1 to No. 28 shown in Table 1 (Table 1-a, -b, -c).
  • the coated silver weight was 55 mg/dm 2 .
  • the amount of hardening agent in each of the above samples was controlled such that the melting time was about 25 minutes.
  • the melting time is the time by which an emulsion layer begins to melt out after a sample (a light-sensitive silver halide photographic material) cut into 1 cm x 2 cm was dipped in an aqueous solution of 1.5 % sodium hydroxide at 50 ° C.
  • the sensitivity was also measured as follows. A sample was interposed between two optical wedges wherein the density inclination was mirror-symmetrically adjusted, and exposed in an equal amount from both sides for 1/12.5 second with a light source having a color temperature of 5,400 K.
  • Processing was carried out according to the following steps using an automatic processor of a roller conveyor type.
  • the total processing time was 45 seconds.
  • the developing solution and fixing solution used were XD-90 and XF, respectively (both trade names; produced by Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.).
  • the exposure amount at base density + fog density + 1.0 was obtained to determine the relative sensitivity.
  • the samples (light-sensitive silver halide photographic materials) of this invention have good coating properties and also have excellent sensitivity and drying characteristics, and thus are suitable for ultra rapid processing. It is also seen from the comparison with the conventional 90 second processing that the processing time can be shortened to 1/2 to provide twice the processing ability, retaining the sensitivity attained in the conventional system.
  • octahedral silver iodobromide emulsions containing 5 mole %, 10 mole %, 20 mole % and 30 mole % of silver iodide, respectively, were prepared employing substantially the same preparation method as that for E-2, except that the ratio of potassium iodide to potassium bromide was varied, the core size was varied so as to make the average silver content uniform after the shell formation, and the rate of addition at the initial stage of mixing was controlled so as to give the same grain size.
  • Abrasion blackening was also measured in the following manner: samples were moisture-conditioned for 4 hours at 23 ° C and 55 % RH, and thereafter scratched with a sapphire stylus having a radius of 0.3 mil (7.6 ⁇ m) while continuously varying the load, and developed to indicate the abrasion blackening by the load (g) at which the blackening began to occur. The smaller the value is, the weaker the abrasion blackening is.
  • Emulsions containing core grains were prepared by the same procedure as that for E-3 to E-6. Octahedral silver iodobromide emulsions containing 5 mole %, 10 mole %, 20 mole % and 30 mole % of silver iodide were obtained. In the same procedure as that for E-2, except that 2.0 mole % of shell potassium iodide was contained in each of these emulsions, there were prepared corresponding octahedral monodispersed core/shell emulsions comprising grains having an average grain size of 1.10 am, which were designated E-7, E-8, E-9 and E-10 respectively.
  • an ammoniacal silver nitrate solution and a solution containing potassium iodide and potassium bromide were added at 40 ° C, pAg 8.0 and pH 9.5 according to a double jet method to form a first coat each containing 5 mole %, 10 mole %, 20 mole % or 30 mole % of silver iodide.
  • Each of the emulsions was treated by the same procedure as that for E-2, except that the pAg was 9.0, to form a second coat comprising silver bromide alone, thereby preparing core/shell emulsions comprising cubic monodispersed silver iodobromide grains having an average grain size of 1.0 ⁇ m, which were designated as E-11, E-12, E-13 and E-14, respectively. All of these emulsions had an average silver iodide content of 3.0 mole %.
  • Example 1 was repeated to prepare emulsion E-15, except that the thickening agents and surface active agents mentioned below were used. Using this emulsion E-15, chemical sensitization and coating were carried out by the same procedure as in Example 1 to obtain samples No. 55 to No. 110. Subsequently experiments were carried out in the same manner as in Example 1. The results are shown in Tables 6 and 7.
  • the surface active agents used were surface active agents 1-10, 2-26, 2-80 and 3-3 hereinbefore defined and the following compounds (1) to (3).
  • the samples (light-sensitive silver halide photographic materials) of this invention have good coating properties and also excellent sensitivity and drying characteristics, and thus are suitable for ultra rapid processing. It is also seen from the comparison with the conventional 90 second processing that the processing time can be shortened to 1/2 to provide twice the processing ability, retaining the sensitivity attained in the conventional system.
  • Example 5 was repeated except for employing dextran in place of the compound (A) as a thickening agent in the emulsion layer. The same result as in Example 5 was observed.
  • Example 5 was again repeated except for changing the melting time to 20 minutes. The same result was observed.
  • Example 2 was repeated to prepare emulsions E-16 to E-20, except that the thickening agents and surface active agents used in Example 5 were used. Chemical sensitization and coating were carried out by same procedures as in Example 2 to obtain samples No. 111 to No. 120 shown hereinbelow. Experiments were carried out on these samples in the same manner as in Example 2. The results obtained are shown in Table 8 (Table 8-a, -b, -c).
  • Emulsions containing core grains were prepared by the same procedures as those for E-17 to E-20, whereby octahedral silver iodobromide emulsions containing 5 mole %, 10 mole %, 20 mole % and 30 mole % of silver iodide, respectively, were obtained.
  • octahedral silver iodobromide emulsions containing 5 mole %, 10 mole %, 20 mole % and 30 mole % of silver iodide, respectively, were obtained.
  • 2.0 mole % of shell potassium iodide was contained in each of these emulsions
  • there were prepared corresponding tetrahedral monodispersed core/shell emulsions comprising grains having an average grain size of 1.10 ⁇ m, which were designated as E-21, E-22, E-23 and E-24, respectively.
  • Example 4 was repeated to prepare emulsions E-25 to E-28, except that the thickening agents and surface active agents used in Example 5 were used. Chemical sensitization and coating were carried out on these samples by the same procedures as in Example 4 to obtain samples No. 129 to No. 136 as shown in Table 10 (Table 10-a, -b, -c). Experiments were carried out in the same manner as in Example 4 to obtain the results shown in Table 10 (Table 10-c).
  • Example 5 using the emulsion used in Example 5, the sensitizing dyes shown as the examples of the compounds of Formulas (I) to (III) or control dyes (a) to (c) shown below were added. Thereafter, chloroauric acid, sodium thiosulfate and ammonium thiocyanate were added to carry out optimum gold and sulfur sensitization, followed by stablization with 4-hydroxy-6-methyl-1,3,3a,7-tetrazaindene. The silver coating weight was 45 mg/dm 2 , and conditions which were otherwise the same as in the procedures in Example 5 were used to obtain samples No. 137 to No. 197 as in Table 11 (Table 11-a, -b, -c) shown below. On these samples, coating problems, sensitivities and drying characteristics were evaluated in the same manner as in Example 5 to obtain the results shown in Table 12 below.
  • R.M.S. granularity was also measured in the following manner.
  • Each sample was inserted in an orthochromatic sensitizing screen KS (produced by Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.), and irradiated with X-rays for 0.10 second at a tube voltage of 90 KVP and a tube current of 100 mA with an aluminum wedge, followed by the above 45 second processing.
  • an emulsion layer of the sample was peeled off at a portion having a density of 1.0 and, at the front side facing an X-ray generator and using Sakura one-touch type RMS measuring machine (produced by Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.), the other side emulsion face was measured under an aperture size of 50 x 200 am. The smaller the measured value is, the better the granularity is.
  • Example 5 part of the samples were processed to detemine the sensitivity in the conventional 90 second processing by dropping to 1/2 the line speed of the above 45 second automatic processor. The results obtained are shown in Table 13.
  • the samples according to this invention have good coating properties and also excellent sensitivity and drying characteristics, and thus are suitable for ultra rapid processing. It is also seen from the comparison with the conventional 90 second processing that the processing time can be shortened to 1/2 to provide twice the processing ability, retaining the sensitivity attained in the conventional system.
  • Example 6 Using the emulsion used in Example 6, the sensitizing dyes (2) were added, and thereafter, chloroauric acid, sodium thiosulfate and ammonium thiocyanate were added to carry out optimum gold and sulfur sensitization, followed by stabilization with 4-hydroxy-6-methyl-1,3,3a,7-tetrazaindene.
  • the silver coating weight was 45 mg/dm 2 , and other conditions were the same as in the procedures in Example 5.
  • Table 14 Table 14-a, -b, -c
  • Two kinds of silver iodobromide emulsions containing 3.0 mole % of silver iodide were prepared by regular mixing in a full ammonia method. They comprised grains having an average grain size of 1.10 ⁇ m and 0.80 am, which are designated as emulsions E-29 and E-30, respectively. To these emulsions E-29 and E-30, the sensitizing dyes shown in Table 16 (Table 16-c) were added. Thereafter, chloroauric acid, sodium thiosulfate and ammonium thiocyanate were added to carry out optimum gold and sulfur sensitization, followed by stabilization with 4-hydroxy-6-methyl-1,3,3a,7-tetrazaindene.
  • the silver weight was 45 mg/dm 2 .
  • the amount of hardening agent in each of the above samples was controlled such that the melting time was about 30 minutes.
  • the sample to which no sensitizing dye was added was inserted in a regular sensitizing screen NS (produced by Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.) and the sample to which the sensitizing dye was added was inserted in an orthochromatic sensitizing screen KS (produced by Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.).
  • Measurement of pressure desensitization was carried out in the following manner. Each sample was moisture-conditioned at 23 C, 35 % R.H. for 5 hours, and, under such conditions, folded about 280 with a curvature radius of 2 cm. Three (3) minutes after being folded the sample was exposed with an optical wedge for 1/10 second using a tungsten lamp as a light source to carry out development. The difference in density between the portion with a blackening density of 1.0 where desensitization occurred due to the folding and the density of 1.0 at the portion where the sample was not folded, was indicated by ⁇ D. It follows that, the smaller this value is, the smaller the pressure desensitization is.
  • the samples according to this invention have good coating properties and also excellent sensitivity, granularity, pressure desensitization, abrasion blackening and drying characteristics, and thus are suitable for ultra rapid processing. It is also seen by comparison with the conventional 90 second processing that the sensitivity is higher than the conventional system, and yet the processing time can be shortened to 1/2 to provide twice the processing ability.
  • the samples according to this invention have excellent in sensitivity, granularity, pressure desensitization, and abrasion blackening as a whole. It is also seen from the comparison with the conventional 90 second processing that the sensitivity is higher than the conventional system (samples No. 231 and No. 235), and yet the processing time can be shortened to 1/2 to provide twice the processing ability.
  • Formation of core grains was carried out by the same procedures as those for E-32 to E-35 to prepare octahedral silver iodobromide emulsions containing 5 mole %, 10 mole %, 25 mole % and 40 mole % of silver iodide.
  • shells were made to contain 1.0 mole % of potassium iodide, octahedral monodispersed emulsions comprising grains having an average grain size of 0.75 ⁇ m were prepared, which were respectively designated as E-36, E-37, E-38 and E-39.
  • the samples according to this invention have excellent in sensitivity, granularity, pressure desensitization, and abrasion blackening as a whole, and it is also seen from a comparison with the conventional 90 second processing that the sensitivity is higher than the conventional system (samples No. 240 and No. 243), and yet the processing time can be shortened to 1/2 to provide twice the processing ability.
  • an ammoniacal silver nitrate solution and a solution containing potassium iodide and potassium bromide were added at 40 C, pAg 8.0 and pH 9.5 by a double jet method to form a first coat each containing 5 mole %, 10 mole %, 25 mole % or 40 mole % of silver iodide.
  • Each of the emulsions was treated in the same procedure as that for E-2, except that the pAg was 9.0, to form a second coat comprising silver bromide alone, thereby preparing core/shell emulsions comprising cubic monodispersed silver iodobromide grains having an average grain size of 0.65 ⁇ m, which were designated E-40, E-41, E-42 and E-43, respectively. All of these emulsions were made to have an average silver iodide content of 3.0 mole %.
  • the samples according to this invention have excellent sensitivity, granularity, pressure desensitization, and abrasion blackening as a whole, and it is also seen by comparison with the conventional 90 second processing that the sensitivity is higher than the conventional system (samples No. 248 and No. 251), and yet the processing time can be shortened to 1/2 to provide twice the processing ability.
  • this invention provides a light-sensitive silver halide photographic material having excellent sensitivity, contrast, maximum density, fixing performance and drying characteristics even when an ultra rapid processing with a total processing time of 20 seconds to 60 seconds is carried out.
  • This invention also provides a light-sensitive silver halide photographic material being which has less problems during the coating stage, even with a small amount of gelatin, suffers less abrasion blackening or pressure desensitization, and also has excellent graininess.

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1. Matière photographique à base d'halogénure d'argent sensible à la lumière qui comprend des couches photographiques qui ont été appliquées dans des conditions telles que la tension superficielle d'une solution de revêtement pour former une couche externe est au moins de 6 x 10-3 N/m (6 dyn/cm) moins que la tension superficielle d'une solution pour former la couche adjacente à la couche externe, laquelle matière photographique satisfait au moins une des conditions suivantes:
(a) la quantité de gélatine contenue dans toutes les couches, au moins du côté du support ayant une couche d'émulsion d'halogénure d'argent sensible à la lumière et une couche de colloïde hydrophile,est de 2,20 à 3,10 g/m2,
(b) la solution de revêtement pour former la couche externe et la solution pour former la couche qui y est adjacente ont l'une et l'autre une viscosité inférieure ou égale à 20 x 10-3 Pas (20 cp).
2. Matière photographique selon la revendication 1, qui comprend au moins une couche d'émulsion d'halogénure d'argent contenant au moins un composé de formules (I), (II) et (III):
Figure imgb0310
dans laquelle Ri , R2 et R3, qui peuvent être identiques ou différents, représentent chacun un groupe alcoyle, un groupe alcényle ou un groupe aryle, substitué ou non substitué, au moins un des radicaux R1 et R3 représentant un groupe sulfoalcoyle ou un groupe carboxyalcoyle; X1 - représente un anion; Z1 et Z2, qui peuvent être identiques ou différents, représentent chacun un groupe d'atomes non métalliques qui, avec les atomes de carbone auxquels il est lié, forme un noyau carboné substitué ou non substitué; n vaut 1 ou 2, sous réserve que n vaut 1 lorsqu'il s'agit d'un sel intramoléculaire ; Formule (II):
Figure imgb0311
dans laquelle R4 et R5, qui peuvent être identiques ou différents, représentent chacun un groupe alcoyle, un groupe alcényle ou un groupe aryle,substitué ou non substitué, au moins un des radicaux R4 et R5 représentant un groupe sulfoalcoyle ou un groupe carboxyalcoyle; R6 représente un atome d'hydrogène, un groupe alcoyle inférieur ou un groupe aryle; X2- représente un anion, Z1 et Z2, qui peuvent être identiques ou différents, représentent chacun un groupe d'atomes non-métalliques qui, avec les atomes de carbone auxquels il est lié, forme un noyau carboné substitué ou non substitué; et n vaut 1 ou 2, sous réserve que n vaut 1 lorsqu'il s'agit d'un sel intramoléculaire ; Formule (III):
Figure imgb0312
dans laquelle R7 et Rg, qui peuvent être identiques ou différents, représentent chacun un groupe alcoyle inférieur substitué ou non substitué; R8 et Rio, qui peuvent être identiques ou différents, représentent chacun un groupe alcoyle inférieur, un groupe hydroxyalcoyle, un groupe sulfoalcoyle ou un groupe carboxyalcoyle; X3- représente un anion, Z1 et Z2, qui peuvent être identiques ou différents, représentent chacun un groupe d'atomes non métalliques qui, avec les atomes de carbone auxquels il est lié, forme un noyau carboné substitué ou non substitué; et n vaut 1 ou 2, sous réserve que n vaut 1 lorqu'il s'agit d'un sel intramoléculaire.
3. Matière photographique selon la revendication 2, dans laquelle X1 - est un ion chlorure, un ion bromure, un ion iodure, un ion thiocyanate, un ion sulfate, un ion perchlorate, un ion p-toluènesulfonate ou un ion éthylsulfate; et le noyau carboné substitué ou non substitué contenant Z1 et Z2 dans la formule (I) est un noyau benzène ou naphtalène, substitué ou non substitué.
4. Matière photographique selon la revendication 2, dans laquelle R6 est un groupe méthyle, un groupe éthyle, un groupe propyle, un groupe butyle ou un groupe phényle: X2- est un ion chlorure, un ion bromure, un ion iodure, un ion thiocyanate, un ion sulfate, un ion perchlorate, un ion p-toluènesulfonate ou un ion éthylsulfate; et le noyau carboné substitué ou non substitué contenant Z1 ou Z2 dans la formule (II) est un noyau benzène ou naphtalène,substitué ou non substitué.
5. Matière photographique selon la revendication 2, dans laquelle au moins un des radicaux R7 et Rg est un groupe méthyle, un groupe éthyle, un groupe propyle ou un groupe butyle; au moins un des radicaux R8 et R10 est un groupe méthyle, un groupe éthyle, un groupe propyle ou un groupe butyle; X3- est un ion chlorure, un ion bromure, un ion iodure, un ion thiocyanate, un ion sulfate, un ion perchlorate, un ion p-toluènesulfonate ou un ion éthylsulfate; et le noyau carboné substitué ou non substitué contenant Z1 ou Z2 dans la formule (III) est un noyau benzène ou naphtalène substitué ou non substitué.
6. Matière photographique selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 5, dans laquelle la quantité totale de composés de formules (I), (II) et (III) contenue dans la couche d'émulsion d'halogénure d'argent est de 10 mg à 900 mg pour 1 mole d'halogénure d'argent dans la couche d'émulsion d'halogénure d'argent.
7. Matière photographique selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 6, dans laquelle la couche d'émulsion d'halogénure d'argent comprend des grains d'halogénure d'argent comprenant essentiellement de l'iodobromure d'argent et ayant une structure multicouche, et la différence de teneur moyenne en iode entre deux couches adjacentes ayant une distribution d'iode uniforme, dans les multicouches des grains d'halogénure d'argent, est égale ou inférieure à 10 % molaire.
8. Matière photographique selon la revendication 7, dans laquelle le noyau interne et les couches des grains d'halogénure d'argent multicouches comprennent du bromure d'argent, de l'iodobromure d'argent ou de l'iodure d'argent.
9. Matière photographique selon la revendication 7 ou 8, dans laquelle la couche externe des grains d'halogénure d'argent multicouches comprend pour l'essentiel du bromure d'argent ou de l'iodobromu- re d'argent.
10. Matière photographique selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 9, dans laquelle la couche externe contient au moins un agent tensio-actif.
11. Matière photographique selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 10, dans laquelle la différence de viscosité entre la solution de revêtement pour former la couche externe et la solution pour former la couche qui y est adjacente est dans un intervalle de ± 2 x 10-3 Pas (2 cp).
12. Matière photographique selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 11, dans laquelle la granulométrie moyenne des grains d'émulsion d'halogénure d'argent contenus dans la matière photographique couleur à base d'halogénure d'argent sensible à la lumière est de 0,30 à 1,50 um.
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