EP0370116B1 - Silberhalid photographisches material und verfahren zur herstellung - Google Patents

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EP0370116B1
EP0370116B1 EP89908140A EP89908140A EP0370116B1 EP 0370116 B1 EP0370116 B1 EP 0370116B1 EP 89908140 A EP89908140 A EP 89908140A EP 89908140 A EP89908140 A EP 89908140A EP 0370116 B1 EP0370116 B1 EP 0370116B1
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  • This invention relates to a silver halide photographic material useful in the field of photography and a process for producing a completely homogeneous phase of the halide composition in the inside of silver halide grains. More particularly, the invention relates to a photographic light-sensitive material using a silver halide emulsion containing silver halide grains wherein the microscopic halide distribution in the inside of each silver halide mixed crystal is completely homogeneous and preferably the inside of the silver halide crystals does not have reduced silver formed at the formation of the silver halide grains.
  • a so-called core/shell type emulsion having different halide composition between the inside and the surface layer of the silver halide grains has been performed.
  • the inside (core) of the grains is composed of silver iodobromide having a high silver iodide content and the surface (shell) thereof is composed of silver iodobromide having a less silver iodide content or pure silver bromide.
  • JP-A-57-15432 JP-A-60-14331, JP-A-60-138538, JP-A-60-147727, JP-A-61-245151, and JP-A-61-14363
  • JP-A means an "unexamined published Japanese patent application”
  • the core/shell emulsion wherein the surface of the grains is composed of silver chloride or silver chlorobromide is disclosed in JP-A-58-9137, JP-A-58-9537, JP-A-59-48755, JP-A-61-215540, and JP-A-62-69621.
  • the core/shell emulsion wherein the silver iodide content of the surface of the grains is higher than the inside thereof is disclosed in JP-A-56-78831 and JP-A-62-19843.
  • silver halide grains are produced by reacting an aqueous silver salt solution and an aqueous halide solution in an aqueous colloid solution in a reaction vessel.
  • a single jet method wherein an aqueous solution of a protective colloid such as gelatin and an aqueous halide solution are placed in a vessel and an aqueous silver salt solution is added thereto with stirring for a certain period of time
  • a double jet method wherein an aqueous gelatin solution is placed in a reaction vessel and an aqueous halide solution and an aqueous silver salt solution are added thereto for a certain period of time are known.
  • the comparison of both the methods shows that in the double jet method, silver halide grains having a narrow grain size distribution is obtained and further the halide composition can be freely changed with the growth of the grains.
  • the growing speed of silver halide grains is greatly influenced by the silver ion (or halogen ion) concentration of the reaction solution, the concentration of a silver halide solvent, the distance between the grains and the grain sizes.
  • the heterogeneity of the concentration of silver ions or halogen ions formed by an aqueous silver salt solution and an aqueous halide solution being added to a reaction vessel causes a difference in growing speed of silver halide grains by the concentration of each solution, which results in causing the heterogeneity of the silver halide emulsion obtained.
  • a hollow rotary mixer (the inside thereof is filled with an aqueous colloid solution, and more preferably, the mixer is partitioned into an upper room and a lower room by a disk) of an intermediate size having slits at the cylindrical wall is disposed in a reaction vessel filled with an aqueous colloid solution so that the rotary axis thereof is perpendicular, an aqueous halide solution and an aqueous silver salt solution are supplied from the upper and lower openings thereof into the mixer rotating at a high speed through feed pipes to quickly mixing them and to cause reaction (when the mixer is separated into the upper room and the lower room by a separation disk, the aqueous halide solution and the aqueous silver salt solution supplied into the upper and lower rooms are diluted with the aqueous colloid solution filled in each room and are quickly mixed with each other at the vicinities of the outlet slits of the mixer to cause the reaction), and silver halide grains formed by the centrifugal force caused by the rotation of the mixer
  • JP-B-55-10545 a technique of preventing the heterogeneous growth of silver halide grains by improving the localization of the concentrations is disclosed in JP-B-55-10545 (the term "JP-B” as used herein means an "examined Japanese patent publication").
  • This method is a technique in which an aqueous halide solution and an aqueous silver salt solution are separately supplied into a mixer filled with an aqueous colloid solution through feed pipes from the lower open portions, said mixer being placed in a reaction vessel filled with an aqueous colloid solution, the reaction solutions are abruptly stirred and mixed by means of lower stirring blades (turbine blades) equipped to the mixer to grow silver halide grains, and the silver halide grains thus grown are immediately discharged into the aqueous colloid solution in the reaction vessel from the upper open portion of the mixer by upper stirring blades disposed at the upper portion of the aforesaid lower stirring blades.
  • lower stirring blades turbine blades
  • JP-A-57-92523 also discloses a production method of silver halide grains for improving the heterogeneity of the concentrations.
  • This method is a production method of silver halide grains by separately supplying an aqueous halide solution and an aqueous silver salt solution into a mixer filled with an aqueous colloid solution from the open lower portions thereof, said mixer being placed in a reaction vessel filled with an aqueous colloid solution, to dilute both the reaction solutions with the aforesaid aqueous colloid solution, abruptly stirring and mixing both the reaction solutions by means of lower stirring blades equipped to the mixer, and immediately discharging the silver halide grains thus grown into the aqueous colloid solution in the reaction vessel from the upper open portion of the mixer, wherein both the reaction solutions diluted with the aqueous colloid solution are passed through the gap formed between the inside wall of the mixer and the tops of the stirring blades without passing through each gap between the stirring blades, whereby both the reaction solutions are abruptly sheared and
  • the local heterogeneity of the concentrations of silver ions and halogen ions in a reaction vessel can be surely overcome, in these methods, the heterogeneity of the concentrations yet exists in the mixer and, in particular, there is a considerably large concentration distribution at the vicinities of the nozzles for supplying the aqueous silver salt solution and the aqueous halide solution, at the lower portions of the stirring blades, and the stirring portion. Furthermore, the silver halide grains supplied to the mixer together with the protective colloid pass through such portions having the heterogeneous concentration distribution and more seriously, the silver halide grains abruptly grow in these positions.
  • JP-A-53-37414 and JP-B-48-21045 disclose a method and apparatus of producing silver halide grains by circulating an aqueous protective colloid solution (containing silver halide grains) in a reaction vessel from the bottom of the reaction vessel by means of a pump, equipping a mixer to the circulation system, supplying an aqueous silver salt solution and an aqueous halide solution into the mixer, and abruptly mixing both the aqueous solutions in the mixer to grow silver halide grains.
  • US-A-3,897,935 discloses a method of circulating an aqueous protective colloid solution (containing silver halide grains) in a reaction vessel from the bottom of the reaction vessel and pouring an aqueous halide solution and an aqueous silver salt solution into the circulation system by means of a pump.
  • JP-A-53-47397 discloses a method and apparatus of producing silver halide grains by circulating an aqueous protective colloid solution (containing silver halide emulsions) in a reaction vessel from the bottom of the reaction vessel by means of a pump, pouring first an aqueous alkali metal halide solution into the circulation system to disperse until the mixture becomes uniform, and then pouring an aqueous silver salt solution into the system followed by mixing to form silver halide grains.
  • aqueous protective colloid solution containing silver halide emulsions
  • DE-A-1 472 745 discloses a process for producing silver halide dispersions, wherein the dispersion is produced in two stages, whereby the reaction for precipitation is provided in a relatively small reaction chamber and physical ripening is thereafter provided in a ripening vessel.
  • the object of this invention is to provide a silver halide photographic material giving less fog, having high sensitivity, having improved graininess, sharpness, and covering power, and having excellent storage stability and pressure resistance by completely homogenizing the microscopic halide distribution in the inside (core) of silver halide grains and/or homogenizing reduced silver in the grains in a so-called core/shell emulsion differing in halide composition between the surface (shell) of the grains and the inside (core) of the grains, and also to provide a process of producing a completely homogeneous phase of the halide composition in the inside of silver halide grains.
  • the aforesaid object of this invention has been attained by the invention by providing a silver halide photographic material having on a support at least one silver halide emulsion layer, characterized in that the inside of the light-sensitive silver halide grains contained in the silver halide emulsion layer is composed of at least one phase containing at least silver chlorobromide or silver iodobromide, the halide composition thereof is completely homogeneous, wherein that completely homogeneous phase of the halide composition has a half value width of the X-ray diffraction of not more than the half value width shown by curve A in Fig.
  • the feature of the silver halide grains of this invention is that the grains have a so-called core/shell structure and the core portion has a completely homogeneous halide distribution.
  • the shell portion must be differed in halogen composition from the core portion adjacent to the shell portion and it is unnecessary that the halide composition of the shell portion is completely homogeneous.
  • the halide composition thereof may be a single composition or a so-called mixed crystal.
  • the term "completely homogeneous silver iodide distribution" means a more microscopic distribution which is completely different from a conventional silver iodide distribution.
  • an Analytical Electron Microscopy is frequently used as a means for measuring the silver iodide distribution in silver iodobromide grains.
  • an Analytical Electron Microscopy is frequently used as a means for measuring the silver iodide distribution in silver iodobromide grains.
  • the result of the topography on the content of silver iodide in tabular silver iodobromide grains is described in M.A. King, M.H. Lorretto, T.J. Maternaghan, and F.J. Berry, The Investigation of Iodide Distribution by Analytical Electron Microscopy , Progress in Basic Principles of Imaging systems, International Congress of Photographic Science GmbH, 1986.
  • the size of the probe for electron ray irradiation used in the investigation is 50 ⁇ but actually, the electron beam is broadened by the elastic scattering of electron and the diameter of the spot of the electron beam irradiated onto the surface of sample becomes about 30nm (300 ⁇ ). Accordingly, a finer silver iodide distribution than the diameter can not be measured by the method. In JP-A-58-113927, a silver iodide distribution was measured by the same manner but the size of the spot of the electron beam used was 0.2 ⁇ m.
  • the microscopic silver iodide distribution can be observed by a direct method of using a transmission type electron microscope at low temperature described, for example, in J.H. Hamilton, Photographic Science and Engineering , Vol. 11, page 57, 1967 and Takekimi Shiozawa, Journal of the Society of Photographic Science and Technology of Japan , Vol. 35, No. 4, page 213, 1972.
  • silver halide grains taken out under safe light such that the emulsion grains are not printed out are placed on a mesh for electron microscopic observation and the observation of the sample is carried out in the state of being cooled by liquid nitrogen or liquid helium for preventing the occurrence of damages (print out) of the sample by electron beams.
  • the photographing magnification can be properly changed according to the size of the grains but is from 20,000 to 40,000 magnifications.
  • the tabular grains shown in the figure are grains composed of tabular silver bromide grain as the core and silver iodobromide containing 10 mol% silver iodide as the shell formed at the outside of the core and the structure can be clearly confirmed by the transmission type electron microphotograph.
  • the core portion is silver bromide and is, as a matter of course, homogeneous, homogeneous flat images only are obtained but, on the other hand, a very fine annular ring-like striped pattern is clearly confirmed in the silver iodobromide phase.
  • the striped pattern has a very fine interval as the order of 10nm (100 ⁇ ) or less, which shows a very microscopic heterogeneity.
  • the very fine striped pattern shows the heterogeneity of the silver iodide distribution but more directly, the aforesaid fact can be clearly concluded from that when the tabular grains are annealed under the condition wherein iodide ions can move in the silver halide crystal (e.g., 250°C, 3 hours), the striped pattern is completely vanished.
  • annular ring-like striped pattern showing the heterogeneity of the silver iodide distribution of the tabular silver iodobromide emulsion grains described above is clearly observed in the transmission type electron microphotograph attached to JP-A-58-113927 cited above and also is clearly shown in the transmission type electron microphotograph in the King, et al investigation cited above.
  • the silver halide grains having "the completely homogeneous halide distribution" can be clearly distinguished from conventional silver halide grains by observing the transmitted images of the grains using the cooling type transmission electron microscope. That is, in the inside of the silver halide grains of this invention, there exist at most two microscopic lines caused by the microscopic heterogeneity of silver iodide of, for example, aforesaid silver iodobromide at an interval of 0.2 ⁇ m in the direction crossing the lines, preferably there exists one such a line, and more preferably there exists no such a line.
  • the lines constituting the annular ring-like striped pattern showing the heterogeneity of silver iodide rectangularly cross the growing direction of the tabular grains, whereby the lines become parallel to the edge of the grain, the direction rectangularly crossing the line directs to the center of the grain, and the lines distribute concentrically around the center of the grain.
  • the boundary line can be observed as a similar line to above by the aforesaid observation method but such a change of the content of silver iodide constitutes a single line only and can be clearly distinguished from those constituted by plural lines caused by the microscopic heterogeneity of silver iodide. Furthermore, the line originated in the change of the content of silver iodide can be clearly confirmed by measuring the content of silver iodide at both sides of the line by the analytical electron microscope described above.
  • Such a line by the change of the content of silver iodide is utterly different from the lines originated in the microscopic heterogeneity of silver iodide and shows "a macroscopic silver iodide distribution".
  • the aforesaid line of showing the macroscopic change of the content of silver iodide is not observed since there is no abrupt change of the content of silver iodide and thus if there are at least three lines with an interval of 0.1 ⁇ m, it shows that there is the microscopic heterogeneity of the content of silver iodide.
  • the silver halide core grains having a completely homogeneous halide distribution are mixed crystals containing at silver chlorobromide and silver iodobromide and are silver halide core grains having at most two lines, preferably one line, more preferably no line showing the microscopic halide distribution with an interval of 0.2 ⁇ m in the direction of rectangularly crossing the line in the transmitted images of the grains obtained by using a cooling type transmission electron microscope.
  • the grains having such a homogeneous inside account for at least 60%, preferably at least 80%, and more preferably at least 90% of the total grains.
  • silver halide grains which are called silver halide grains containing, for example, homogeneous silver iodide are prepared by simply adding silver nitrate and a mixture of halides having a definite composition (a definite content of silver iodide) to a reaction vessel by a double jet method at the growth of grains and thus in such grains, the macroscopic silver iodide distribution may be surely constant but the microscopic silver iodide distribution is not homogeneous.
  • such grains are called as grains having "a constant halogen composition" are clearly distinguished from the grains of this invention showing "the complete homogeneity".
  • the homogeneity of the microscopic halide distribution of silver halide mixed crystals can be further measured by utilizing X-ray diffraction.
  • the K ⁇ line having a high intensity and showing good monochromaticity is more preferably used than the K ⁇ line.
  • the K ⁇ line is double lines, it is possible to determine the half value width from a simple profile obtained by using a Rachinger's method.
  • powdered particles obtained by removing gelatin from a silver halide emulsion are used or a coated silver halide emulsion film immersed in a 50% glycerol solution for 20 minutes to remove the pressure of gelatin applied to the surface of grains in the dry film according to the method by G.C. Farnell, R.J. Jenkins, and L.R. Solman, Journal of Photographic Science , Vol. 24, page 1 (1976) can be used.
  • a method of mixing a Si powder or NaCl powder the diffraction angle of which is known with the sample is used. Furthermore, it is known that for measuring the diffraction angle and the line width of the diffraction profile with good accuracy, a diffraction profile of a large diffraction angle from a high index plane is preferably used. Accordingly, in this patent, the diffraction profile of a (420) plane was measured in the range of the diffraction angle (twice the Bragg angle) of from 71° to 77° by the K ⁇ line of a copper target.
  • the coated emulsion film give better measurement accuracy than the powder and hence the measurement was performed on the coated emulsion film in the examples described below.
  • the half value width of the diffraction profile of the system causing no strain by an external stress as the form of the samples described in this patent is not determined by the halogen composition distribution only but includes furthermore, a half value width by an optical system of a diffractometer and a half value width by the sizes of the crystallites of the sample. Accordingly, for obtaining the half value width originated in the distribution of halogen composition, it is necessary to subtract the contribution of the half value widths by the aforesaid two matters.
  • the half value width by an optical system of a diffractometer can be obtained as the half value width of the diffraction profile of single crystals of at least 25 ⁇ m in grain sizes having no strain (having no dispersion of lattice constant).
  • ⁇ -quartz of from 25 to 44 ⁇ m (500 mesh on, 350 mesh under) annealed at 800°C as such a sample is described in X-Sen Kaisetsu no Tebiki (Manual of X-Ray Diffraction) , revised edition, Chapter 2, Paragraph 8, by Rigaku Denki K.K. Si particles, Si single crystal wafers, etc., can be also used.
  • the half value width by an optical system Since the half value width by an optical system has a diffraction angle reliance, it is necessary to obtain half value widths on several diffraction profiles. By applying, if necessary, an extrapolation or an interpolation, the half value width by an optical system on the diffraction angles of the system being measured is obtained.
  • the half value width by an optical system of mixed crystal grains and the half value width by the sizes of crystallites being measured are equivalent to the half value width of the diffraction profile of silver halide grains having a homogeneous distribution of halogen composition (definite lattice constant) and having the same size of crystallite as the size of the grain to be measured.
  • the half value width of mixed crystal emulsion grains by an optical system and the half value width by the sizes of the crystallites can be obtained as the half value width of the diffraction profile of AgBr grains, AgCl grains or AgI grains having the same grain size as the size of the mixed crystal emulsion grains.
  • the half value width by the halogen composition distribution only of mixed crystal emulsion grains is obtained by subtracting the half value width of the diffraction profile of AgBr grains, AgCl grains, or AgI grains having the same grain size as the grains to be measured from the half value width of the diffraction file measured.
  • the half value width of the profile of the X-ray diffraction of silver halide emulsion grains having a homogeneous microscopic halogen composition by the aforesaid method is shown in Fig. 1 on silver chlorobromide and in Fig. 2, on silver iodobromide.
  • the homogeneity of the grains of each halogen composition is shown by the value obtained by subtracting the half value width of pure silver chloride or pure silver bromide having the same grain size as the aforesaid grains from the half value width of the X-ray diffraction of each grain.
  • the grains of this invention have the half value width of not more than the half value width shown by curve A, and preferably not more than the half value width shown by curve B.
  • the halide compositions of the core portion and the shell portion can be measured by an X-ray diffraction method.
  • slits divergent slit, light-receiving slit, etc.
  • time constant of the device the scanning speed of a goniometer, and the recording speed and confirm the measurement accuracy using a standard sample such as silicon.
  • the aforesaid peaks corresponding to the core portion and the shell portion may be or may not be clearly separated.
  • Such an emulsion can not show the excellent photographic performance obtained in this invention.
  • a silver halide emulsion is the emulsion of this invention or the aforesaid emulsion wherein two kinds of silver halide grains having no clear layer structure can be determined by using an EPMA method (Electron-Probe Micron Analyzer method) in addition to the X-ray diffraction method.
  • EPMA method Electro-Probe Micron Analyzer method
  • An elemental analysis of a very fine portion can be carried out by an X-ray analysis by an electron ray excitation.
  • the halogen composition of each grain can be determined.
  • the distribution of the halogen composition in the grains is more homogeneous.
  • the distribution of the halogen composition in the grains e.g., the distribution of the silver iodide content in silver iodobromide or the distribution of the silver bromide content in silver chlorobromide
  • the relative standard deviation of the halogen content is less than preferably 50%, more preferably less than 35%, and particularly preferably less than 20%.
  • the halide composition in the surface of the grain is measured.
  • the halide composition in the surface of the grain is measured by a surface analysis method in XPS (X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy) (it is said that the depth being measured is about 50 ⁇ ).
  • Mg-K ⁇ is used as X-ray for excitation and the intensities of the photoelectrons of halogen and silver (Ag) (usually, Cl-2p, Br-3d, I-3d 5/2 , and Ag-3d 5/2 ) emitted from silver halide grains in a suitable sample form.
  • the content of iodine can be obtained from the calibration curve of the intensity ratio of the photoelectrons of iodine (I) and silver (Ag) (i.e., intensity (I)/intensity (Ag)) prepared using several kinds of standard samples having a known iodine content.
  • the measurement of XPS must be carried out after decomposing gelatin adsorbed on the surfaces of the silver halide grains with a proteolytic enzyme, etc., followed by removal.
  • the embodiments of the silver halide grains of this invention are as follows.
  • the production process of the silver halide core grains wherein the microscopic halide composition of the inside of the silver halide mixed crystals of the present invention is completely homogeneous and preferably the inside of the silver halide crystals does not have reduced silver formed at the formation of the grains is explained.
  • a silver halide of fine size previously prepared is added to a reaction vessel for forming the nuclei of the grains and/or causing the formation of the crystals, whereby the nucleus formation and/or the crystal growth of the silver halide core grains is carried out in the reaction vessel.
  • the nuclei of the grains can be formed and further the growth of the crystals can be carried out in the reaction vessel.
  • the growth of the crystals can also be carried out.
  • Method A By immediately supplying the fine grains formed by mixing an aqueous solution of a water-soluble silver salt and an aqueous solution of water-soluble halides in a mixer disposed outside the reaction vessel for causing the nucleus formation and/or the crystal growth to the reaction vessel, the nucleus formation and/or the crystal growth of the silver halide core grains is carried out (hereinafter, is referred to as Method A).
  • a reaction vessel 1 contains an aqueous solution 2 of a protective colloid.
  • the aqueous solution of the protective colloid is stirred by a propeller 3 attached to a rotary shaft.
  • An aqueous silver salt solution, an aqueous halides solution, and an aqueous protective colloid solution are introduced into a mixer 7 outside the reaction vessel through feed systems 4, 5, and 6 respectively.
  • the aqueous protective colloid solution may be added as a mixture with the aqueous halide solution and/or the aqueous silver salt solution.).
  • a reaction chamber 10 is formed in the mixer 7 and a stirring blade 9 fixed to a rotary shaft 11 is equipped in the reaction chamber 10.
  • An aqueous silver salt solution, an aqueous halide solution, and an aqueous protective colloid solution are added to the reaction chamber 10 from three inlets (4, 5, and one inlet is omitted from the figure).
  • a high speed at least 1000 r.p.m., preferably at least 2000 r.p.m., and more preferably at least 3000 r.p.m.
  • the mixture is quickly and strongly mixed and a solution containing very fine grains thus formed is immediately discharged from an outlet 8.
  • the very fine grains formed in the mixer are then introduced into the reaction vessel, easily dissolved due to the fineness of the grain size to form silver ions and halogen ions again, and cause the formation of homogeneous nuclei and/or the growth of grains.
  • the halide composition of the very fine grains is selected such that it is same as the halide composition of silver halide grains being formed.
  • the very fine grains introduced into the reaction vessel are dispersed in the reaction vessel by stirring in the reaction vessel to release halogen ions and silver ions of the halide composition being formed from each fine grain.
  • the grains formed in the mixer is very fine, the number of the grains is very large, and since the silver ions and halogen ions (in the case of the growth of mixed crystals, the desired halogen ion composition is formed) are released from a very large number of grains and they are released over the whole protective colloid in the reaction vessel, the growth of completely homogeneous grains can be caused. It is important that silver ions and halogen ions are never added to the reaction vessel as aqueous solution thereof except for pAg control and the protective colloid solution in the reaction vessel is not circulated in the mixer. The method can give an astonishing effect in the homogeneous growth of silver halide grains different from conventional methods.
  • the fine grains formed in the mixer have a very high solubility since the grain size thereof is very fine, dissolved when added to the reaction vessel to form silver ions and halogen ions again, and nuclei are formed or they are deposited on the grains already existing in the reaction vessel. In this case, however, since the fine grains have a high solubility, the fine grains cause so-called Ostwalt ripening before being added to the reaction vessel to increase the grain sizes. If the size of fine grains is increased, the solubility thereof is lowered with the increase of the size, dissolution thereof in the reaction vessel is delayed, the grain growing rate is greatly reduced, and in some case, the fine grains cause the grain growth as the nuclei thereof without being dissolved.
  • a protective colloid for silver halide grains The occurrence of aforesaid coalescence ripening can be markedly prevented by a protective colloid for silver halide grains.
  • an aqueous protective colloid solution is added to the mixer as follows:
  • aforesaid methods (a) to (c) may be used solely or as a combination thereof. Furthermore, the three methods may be used simultaneously.
  • Method B a method of adding a fine grain silver halide emulsion containing silver halide grains of fine grain size previously prepared to a reaction vessel to perform the formation of nuclei and/or the growth of the grains.
  • the grain size of the previously prepared emulsion is fine.
  • an aqueous silver salt solution and an aqueous halide solution are not added to the reaction vessel for causing the nucleus formation and/or the grain growth except for pAg control as in the aforesaid method.
  • the previously prepared emulsion may be previously washed with water and/or gelled before adding to the reaction vessel.
  • the temperature of the mixer is not higher than 40°C, and preferably not higher than 35°C and the temperature of the reaction vessel is not lower than 50°C, preferably not lower than 60°C, and more preferably not lower than 70°C.
  • the grain forming temperature for the fine grain emulsion being previously prepared is not higher than 40°C, and preferably not higher than 35°C and the temperature of the reaction vessel to which the fine grain emulsion is added is not lower than 50°C, preferably not lower than 60°C, and more preferably not lower than 70°C.
  • the grain size of the silver halide grains having fine grain sizes for use in this invention can be confirmed by a transmission type electron microscope on a mesh and the magnification thereof is preferably from 20,000 to 40,000.
  • the grain size of the fine silver halide grains for use in this invention is not larger than 0.1 ⁇ m, preferably not larger than 0.06 ⁇ m, and more preferably not larger than 0.03 ⁇ m.
  • the halide composition of the core grain emulsion obtained by the present invention may be silver iodobromide, silver chlorobromide, silver chloroiodobromide, or silver chloroiodide and according to this invention, silver halide mixed crystal grains having a homogeneous microscopic halide distribution, that is, having the "complete homogeneity" is obtained.
  • the process of this invention is also very effective in the production of core grains composed of pure. silver bromide or pure silver chloride.
  • a conventional production process the existence of the local distributions of silver ions and halogen ions in a reaction vessel is unavoidable and the silver halide grains in the reaction vessel are brought into a state different from other homogeneous portions by passing the local heterogeneous portions, whereby the growth of the grains becomes heterogeneous as well as in a high concentration portion of, for example, silver ions, reduced silver or fogged silver is formed.
  • the core grains obtained by the process of this invention include a silver halide of a single composition. Also, it is preferred that such reduced silver is not distributed in the core grains.
  • silver halide solvent there are water-soluble bromides, water-soluble chlorides, thiocyanates, ammonia, thioethers, thioureas, etc.
  • thiocyanates US-A-2,222,264, 2,448,534, 3,320,069), ammonia, thioether compounds (e.g., US-A-3,271,157, 3,574,628, 3,704,130, 4,297,439, and 4,276,347), thione compounds (e.g., JP-A-53-144319, JP-A-53-82408, and JP-A-55-77737), amine compounds (e.g., JP-A-54-100717), thiourea derivatives (e.g., JP-A-55-2983), imidazoles (e.g., JP-A-54-100717), and substituted mercaptotetrazoles (e.g., JP-A-57-202531).
  • thiocyanates e.g., US-A-3,271,157, 3,574,628, 3,704,130, 4,297,439, and 4,276,347
  • thione compounds
  • the grain size of the completely homogeneous silver halide emulsion grains thus obtained is preferably at least 0.3 ⁇ m, more preferably at least 0.8 ⁇ m, and particularly preferably at least 1.4 ⁇ m.
  • the form of the silver halide grains by this invention may be a regular crystal form (normal crystal grains) such as hexahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron, tetradecahedron, tetracosahedron, and octatetraconsahedron, may be an irregular crystal form such as sphere or potato form, or may be various forms having one or more twin crystal plane, in particular, hexagonal tabular grains or triangular tabular twin grains having two or three parallel thin planes.
  • aqueous silver salt solution and an aqueous halide solution are added with stirring efficiently to the reaction vessel containing an aqueous solution containing the core silver halide grains and a protective colloid.
  • an acid process, a neutralization process and an ammonia process can be used and also, as a system for reacting a soluble silver salt and soluble halides, a single jet process, a double jet process, or a combination thereof can be used.
  • a process of forming the shell in the existence of excessive silver ions can be also used.
  • a so-called controlled double jet process of keeping constant pAg in the liquid phase of forming the silver halide grains can be used.
  • a cadmium salt, a zinc salt, a lead slat, a thallium salt, an iridium salt or a complex salt thereof, a rhodium salt or a complex salt thereof, or an iron salt or a complex iron salt thereof may coexist.
  • These processes are preferably used since the re-formation of nuclei does not occur and the core silver halide grains are homogeneously covered.
  • the form of the core portion is same as the form of the whole grain having shell thereon in one case and is different from the whole grain in another case.
  • the core portion has a cubic form and the form of the whole grain having the shell is cube or octahedron.
  • the form of the core portion is octahedron and the form of the whole grain having the shell is cube or octahedron.
  • the core portion is a clear regular grain and the whole grain having the shell is slightly deformed or is amorphous.
  • the core/shell grains of this invention may have not only a simple double structure but also a triple or more structure as disclosed in JP-A-60-222844 or a structure formed by attaching a thin silver halide layer having a different composition to the surface of the grain having a core/shell structure.
  • grains having not only the aforesaid wrapping structure but also a so-called junction structure can be formed. Examples thereof are disclosed in JP-A-59-133540, JP-A-58-108526, EP 199290A2, JP-B-58-24772, and JP-A-59-16254.
  • the crystals being junctioned can be formed at the edge portions, corner portions or plane portions of the host crystals with a different composition from that of the host crystal.
  • the host crystals on which the junction crystals are formed may be homogeneous in regard to the halogen composition or may have a core/shell type structure.
  • the combination of silver halides each other can be as a matter of course employed but a combination of a silver salt compound having no rock salt structure, such as silver rhodanide and silver carbonate, and silver halide can be employed for the junction structure. Also, a non silver salt compound such as PbO can be used if possible.
  • the silver iodobromide grains having the aforesaid structure in for example, core/shell type grains, the silver iodide content may be higher in the core portion and lower in the shell portion or conversely, the silver iodide content may be lower in the core portion and higher in the shell portion.
  • the silver iodide content in the grains having a junction structure, the silver iodide content may be higher in the host crystal and relatively lower in the junction crystal or the relation may be the contrary.
  • the boundary portion between the portions of the grain having the aforesaid structure, said portions each having different halogen composition may form a clear boundary, may form an uncertain boundary by forming mixed crystals by the difference in halogen composition, or may have a continuously changing structure positively formed.
  • the silver halide emulsion for use in this invention may be subjected to the treatment of providing roundness to the grains as disclosed in EP 0096727 B1 and EP 0064412 B1 or the surface modification treatment as disclosed in DE 2306447 C2 and JP-A-60-221320.
  • the silver halide emulsion for use in this invention is preferably of a surface latent image type but an internal latent image type emulsion can be used by selecting a suitable developer or a suitable development condition as disclosed in JP-A 59-133542. Also, a shallow internal latent image type emulsion having covered thereon a thin shell can be also used according to the purposes.
  • a chemical sensitization such as a reduction sensitization, a sulfur sensitization, and a gold sensitization.
  • the portion being chemically sensitized differs according to the composition, structure, and form of the emulsion grains or the purpose of using the emulsion.
  • There is a case of forming the chemically sensitized nucleus in the inside of the grain the case of forming the chemically sensitized nuclei in the position near the surface of the grain, or the case of forming the chemically sensitized nucleus at the surface thereof.
  • the present invention is effective for any case described above but the case of forming the chemically sensitized nucleus in the vicinity of the surface is particularly preferred.
  • the surface latent image type emulsion is more effective than the internal latent image type emulsion in this invention.
  • the silver halide emulsion of this invention is usually spectrally sensitized.
  • methine dyes are usually used and the dyes include cyanine dyes, merocyanine dyes, complex cyanine dyes, complex merocyanine dyes, holopolar cyanine dyes, hemicyanine dyes, styryl dyes, and hemioxonol dyes.
  • cyanine dyes cyanine dyes, merocyanine dyes, complex cyanine dyes, complex merocyanine dyes, holopolar cyanine dyes, hemicyanine dyes, styryl dyes, and hemioxonol dyes.
  • nuclei which are usually utilized for cyanine dyes as basic heterocyclic nuclei.
  • pyrroline nuclei, oxazoline nuclei, thiazoline nuclei, pyrrole nuclei, oxazole nuclei, thiazole nuclei, selenazole nuclei, imidazole nuclei, tetrazole nuclei, and pyridine nuclei, the nuclei formed by fusing an aliphatic hydrocarbon ring to the aforesaid nuclei; and the nuclei formed by fusing an aromatic hydrocarbon ring to the aforesaid nuclei, such as indolenine nuclei, benzindaizolenine nuclei, indole nuclei, benzoxazole nuclei, naphthoxazole nuclei, benzothiazole nuclei, naphthothiazole nuclei, benzoselenazole nuclei, benzimidazole nuclei and quinoline nuclei can be applied for the dyes described above
  • merocyanine dyes or complex merocyanine dyes may be applied 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic nuclei such as pyrazolin-5-one nuclei, thiohydantoin nuclei, 2-thiooxazolidine-2,4-dione nuclei, thiazolidine-2,4-dione nuclei, rhodanine nuclei and thiobarbituric acid nuclei, as a nucleus having a ketomethylene structure.
  • the amount of the sensitizing dye being added during the preparation of the silver halide emulsion depends upon the kind of the additive and the amount of the silver halide but may be an ordinary amount of a sensitizing dye added in conventional method.
  • the amount of the sensitizing dye is preferably from 0.001 to 100 mmols, and more preferably from 0.01 to 10 mmols.
  • the sensitizing dye is added after chemical ripening or before chemical ripening. It is more preferred for the silver halide grains of this invention to add the sensitizing dye thereto during chemical ripening or before chemical ripening (e.g., at the formation of grains or at physical ripening).
  • a dye having no spectral sensitizing action by itself or a material which does not substantially absorb visible light and shows a supersensitizing action may exist in the silver halide emulsion in this invention.
  • the emulsion may contain aminostyryl compounds (e.g., those described in US-A-2,933,390 and 3,635,721), aromatic organic acid-formaldehyde condensates (e.g., those described in US-A-3,743,510), cadmium salts, azaindene compounds, etc.
  • aminostyryl compounds e.g., those described in US-A-2,933,390 and 3,635,721
  • aromatic organic acid-formaldehyde condensates e.g., those described in US-A-3,743,510
  • cadmium salts e.g., those described in US-A-3,743,510
  • the silver halide emulsion of this invention is usually chemically sensitized.
  • chemical sensitization the methods described, e.g., in H. Frieser, Die Unen der Photographischen Sawe mit Silberhalogeniden , pages 675-734 (1968) can be used.
  • a sulfur sensitizing method using active gelatin or a sulfur-containing compound capable of reacting with silver e.g., thiosulfates, thioureas, mercapto compounds, and rhodanines
  • a reduction sensitizing method using a reducing agent e.g., stannous salts, amines, hydrazine derivatives, formamidinesulfinic acid, and silane compounds
  • a noble metal sensitizing method using a noble metal compound e.g., gold complex salts and complex salts of metals belonging to group VIII of the periodic table, such as Pt, Ir, Pd, etc.
  • a noble metal compound e.g., gold complex salts and complex salts of metals belonging to group VIII of the periodic table, such as Pt, Ir, Pd, etc.
  • the photographic emulsions for use in this invention can contain various compounds for inhibiting the occurrence of fog during the production, storage, and photographic processing of the photographic materials or stabilizing the photographic performance thereof. That is, there are many compounds known as antifoggants or stabilizers such as azoles, e.g., benzothiazolium salts, nitroindazoles, triazoles, benzotriazoles, and benzimidazoles (in particular, nitro- or halogen-substituted products); heterocyclic mercapto compounds, e.g., mercaptothiazoles, mercaptobenzothiazoles, mercaptobenzimidazoles, mercaptothiadiazoles, mercaptotetrazoles (in particular, 1-phenyl-5-mercaptotetrazole), and mercaptopyrimidines; the aforesaid heterocyclic mercapto compounds having a water soluble group such as carboxy group and sulfon group;
  • the antifoggant or the stabilizer is usually added to the silver halide emulsion after chemical sensitization but the addition time can be preferably selected from the times during chemical ripening and before the initiation of chemical ripening. That is, the addition may be carried out during the addition of a silver salt solution, at a step from the addition of the silver salt solution to the initiation of chemical ripening, or during chemical ripening (i.e., at chemical ripening, preferably within 50% of the time from the initiation, and more preferably within 20% of the time) in the step of forming the silver halide emulsion grains.
  • the silver halide emulsion of this invention can be used for photographic light-sensitive material having one or two layers, or any optional layer structure.
  • a silver halide multilayer color photographic material using the emulsions of this invention has a multilayer structure having laminated emulsion layers containing a binder and silver halide grains for separately recording blue light, green light, and red light, and each emulsion layer is composed of at least two layers, i.e., a high speed layer and a low speed layer.
  • Particularly practical layer structures are as follows:
  • B represents a blue-sensitive layer
  • G a green-sensitive layer
  • R a red-sensitive layer
  • H a highest speed layer
  • M a middle speed layer
  • L low speed layer
  • S a support.
  • protective layer(s), a filter layer, intermediate layer(s), an antihalation layer, subbing layer(s), etc. are omitted.
  • the structures (1), (2) and (4) are preferred.
  • CL is an interlayer effect providing layer and others are same as above.
  • the disposition of the high speed layer and the low speed layer in a same color sensitive layer may be reversed.
  • the silver halide emulsion of this invention can be applied to color photographic materials as described above but can be also applied other light-sensitive materials having one or more layers, such as X-ray light-sensitive materials, black and white light-sensitive materials for camera use, light-sensitive materials for photomechanical process and photographic papers.
  • active halogen compounds (2,4-dichloro-6-hydroxy-1,3,5-triazine and the sodium salts thereof) and active vinyl compounds (1,3-bisvinylsulfonyl-2-propanol, 1,2-bis(vinylsulfonylacetamido)ethane and vinylic polymer having a vinylsulfonyl group at the side chain) are preferred since they harden quickly a hydrophilic colloid such as gelatin to give stable photographic characteristics.
  • N-carbamoylpyridinium salts [(1-morpholinocarbonyl-3-pyridinio)methanesulfonate] and haloamidinium salts [1-(1-chloro-1-pyridinomethylene)pyrrolidinium 2-naphthalenesulfonate] are excellent in hardening speed.
  • the color photographic materials using the silver halide photographic emulsions of this invention can be processed by the ordinary processes described in Research Disclosure , No. 17643, pages 28-29 and ibid. , No. 18716, page 651, left column to right column.
  • washing or stabilization is usually applied.
  • the washing is generally performed by a counter-current washing process using two or more baths for saving water.
  • a typical example is a multistage countercurrent stabilization process as described in JP-A-57-8543 in place of a washing step.
  • Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 are X-ray diffraction curves showing the homogeneity of silver halide grains, wherein the axis of ordinate shows the half value width of an X-ray diffraction profile and the axis of abscissa shows the halogen composition of silver halide grains.
  • Fig. 3 shows schematically the process of this invention.
  • Fig. 4 shows the details of the mixer in this invention.
  • Fig. 5 is a transmission type electron microphotograph showing the crystal structure of conventional tabular silver halide grains having not completely homogeneous iodine distribution of silver iodobromide phase.
  • the fine grain emulsion 1-A (containing silver corresponding to 100 g of silver nitrate) were continuously added to the reaction vessel over a period of 100 minutes. Thereafter, the emulsion was cooled to 35°C, washed with water by an ordinary flocculation method, 70 g of gelatin were added thereto, and pH and pAg thereof were adjusted to 6.2 and 8.8, respectively.
  • the core emulsion grains obtained were an octahedral silver iodobromide emulsion having a mean diameter corresponding the projected area of 1.2 ⁇ m (having an iodide content of 25 mol%).
  • the fine grains formed in the mixer were continuously introduced into the reaction vessel kept at 75°C.
  • the mean grain size of the silver iodobromide octahedral nucleus grains (silver iodide content 25 mol%) obtained was 0.4 ⁇ m.
  • the core emulsion grains obtained was an octahedral silver iodobromide emulsion (silver iodide content 25 mol%) having a mean diameter corresponding to the circle of the projected area of 1.2 ⁇ m.
  • (A - B) in Table 1 shows a heterogeneous distribution of iodide and it can be seen that the half value width of emulsion grains 1-B and 1-C is less than 1/2 of the half value width of the comparison emulsion 1-D.
  • Example 2 Onto the core emulsion obtained in Example 1 was formed a shell of pure AgBr by a double jet method at pAg of 9.0. The content of the shell formed is shown in Table 2 below.
  • Each of the emulsions 2-A to 2-F thus obtained was most properly chemically sensitized by sodium thiosulfate, potassium chloroaurate, and potassium thiocyanate and after adding thereto the following compounds, the emulsion was coated on a triacetyl cellulose film support having a subbing layer.
  • composition of the processing solution used for each step were as follows.
  • silver chlorobromide grains having a mean grain size of 0.2 ⁇ m and a silver chloride content of 40 mol% were obtained to perform, thus, the nucleus formation.
  • 800 cm3 of an aqueous solution containing 150 g of silver nitrate and 800 cm3 of an aqueous solution containing 63 g of potassium bromide and 43 g of sodium chloride were similarly added thereto by a double jet method at 75°C over a period of 100 minutes. Thereafter, the emulsion was cooled to 35°C, washed by an ordinary flocculation method, and after adding thereto 70 g of gelatin, pH and pAg thereof were adjusted to 6.2 and 7.8, respectively.
  • the grains thus obtained were silver chlorobromide cubic grains having a mean grain size of 1.1 ⁇ m and a silver chloride content of 40 mol%.
  • the fine grain emulsion 3-A was added to the reaction vessel at 75°C by a pump.
  • the addition rate was such that the fine grain emulsion of 150 g calculated as the silver nitrate amount was added over a period of 100 minutes.
  • the emulsion obtained was washed with water as in the case of the emulsion 1-B and pH and pAg thereof were adjusted to 6.5 and 7.8, respectively at 40°C.
  • the grains obtained were silver chlorobromide cubic grains having a mean grain size of 1.1 ⁇ m and a silver chloride content of 40 mol%.
  • 800 cm3 of an aqueous solution containing 150 g of silver nitrate, 800 cm3 of an aqueous solution containing 63 g of potassium bromide and 43 g of sodium chloride, and 800 cm3 of an aqueous solution of 10% by weight low molecular weight gelatin (average molecular weight 20,000) were added to a mixer having a strong and efficient stirring means disposed in the vicinity of the reaction vessel by a triple jet method over a period of 100 minutes.
  • Very fine grains (mean grain size 0.02 ⁇ m) formed by stirring the reaction mixture in the mixer were immediately introduced continuously into the reaction vessel from the mixer. During the introduction, the temperature of the mixer was kept at 25°C and the temperature of the reaction vessel at 75°C.
  • the grains thus obtained were silver chlorobromide cubic grains having a mean grain size of 1.1 ⁇ m and a silver chloride content of 40 mol%.
  • Each of the emulsions 3-B, 3-C, and 3-D was coated on a film base support at a silver coverage of 3 g/m2 and for determining the microscopic distribution of the halide, the X-ray diffraction of the (420) plane was measured using the Ka line described above. In this case, X-ray diffractions of pure silver chloride and pure silver bromide each having the same mean grain size as above were performed. The results are shown in Table 4.
  • the core emulsion obtained in Example 3 was kept at 60°C in the reaction vessel and an aqueous solution of 1M of silver nitrate and an aqueous solution of 1M potassium bromide were added with stirring by a double jet method to form a silver bromide shell.
  • the content of the shell formation is shown in Table 5.
  • Each of the emulsions 4-A to 4-F was most suitably chemically sensitized with sodium thiosulfate, potassium chloroaurate, and potassium thiocyanate and coated on a support as in Example 2 to provide coated samples.
  • the results obtained by performing a sensitometry as in Example 2 are shown in Table 6.
  • the silver halide photographic material containing the silver halide emulsion of this invention thus obtained have a completely homogeneous halide distribution of the silver halide core grains contained in the emulsion and can have the characteristics excellent in sensitivity, gradation, graininess, sharpness, resolving power, covering power, storage stability, latent image stability, and pressure resistance.

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  1. Photographisches Silberhalogenidmaterial mit wenigstens einer Silberhalogenidemulsionsschicht auf einem Träger,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    daß das Innere der in der Silberhalogenidemulsionsschicht enthaltenen lichtempfindlichen Silberhalogenidkörner aus wenigstens einer Phase zusammengesetzt ist, welche wenigstens Silberchlorbromid oder Silberjodbromid, deren Halogenidzusammensetzung vollständig homogen ist, enthält, wobei die vollständig homogene Phase der Halogenidzusammensetzung eine Halbwertsbreite für die Röntgenstrahlbeugung von nicht mehr als der durch Stufe A in Fig. 1 gezeigten Halbwertsbreite besitzt, wenn die Silberhalogenidemulsionskörner Silberchlorbromidkörner sind, oder die durch Kurve A in Fig. 2 gezeigte Halbwertsbreite besitzt, wenn die Silberhalogenidemulsionskörner Silberjodbromidkörner sind, und wobei die Oberfläche der Silberchlorbromid- und Silberjodbromidkörner eine unterschiedliche Halogenidzusammensetzung vom Innern der Silberchlor- und Silberjodbromidkörner, benachbart zu der Oberfläche, besitzt.
  2. Verfahren zur Herstellung einer vollständig homogenen Phase der Halogenidzusammensetzung im Inneren der Silberhalogenidkörner nach Anspruch 1, umfassend das Mischen einer wäßrigen Lösung eines wasserlöslichen Silbersalzes und einer wäßrigen Lösung eines wasserlöslichen Halogenids in einem außerhalb eines Reaktionsgefäßes angeordneten Mischer zum Hervorrufen einer Kernbildung und/oder eines Kristallwachstums von lichtempfindlichen Silberhalogenidkörnern zur Ausbildung von Silberhalogenid mit feinen Korngrößen, Zuführen des Silberhalogenids in das Reaktionsgefäß direkt nach dessen Bildung für die Durchführung der Kernbildung und/oder des Kristallwachstums von lichtempfindlichen Silberhalogenidkörnern, und weiteres Ausbilden von Silberhalogenid mit einer unterschiedlichen Zusammensetzung von den Körnern außerhalb der Silberhalogenidkörner, wobei eine in dem Reaktionsgefäß enthaltene Schutzkolloidlösung nicht in den Mischer zirkuliert wird, die Temperatur des Mischers nicht höher als 40°C und die Temperatur des Reaktionsgefäßes nicht niedriger als 50°C ist, und wobei das in dem Mischer gebildete feine Silberhalogenid zwei oder mehrere Halogenidarten umfaßt.
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