EP0443453B1 - Photographische Silberhalogenidemulsion und diese verwendendes photographisches lichtempfindliches Material - Google Patents

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EP0443453B1
EP0443453B1 EP19910102158 EP91102158A EP0443453B1 EP 0443453 B1 EP0443453 B1 EP 0443453B1 EP 19910102158 EP19910102158 EP 19910102158 EP 91102158 A EP91102158 A EP 91102158A EP 0443453 B1 EP0443453 B1 EP 0443453B1
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  • the present invention relates to a silver halide photographic emulsion and a photographic light-sensitive material using the same.
  • a dislocation of a silver halide grain is described in, e.g., C.R. Berry, J. Appl. Phys., 27 , 636 (1956), C.R. Berry, D.C. Skillman, J. Appl. Phys., 35 , 2165 (1964), J.F. Hamilton, Phot. Sci. Emg., 11 , 57 (1967), T. Shiozawa, J. Soc. Phot. Sci. Japan, 34 , 16 (1971), and T. Shiozawa, J. Soc. Phot. Sci. Japan, 35, 213 (1972).
  • These references describe that dislocations in a crystal can be observed by an X-ray diffraction method or a cryo- transmission electron microscopic method and various types of dislocations are produced in a crystal by intentionally distorting the crystal.
  • JP-A-63-220238 discloses a method of forming dislocation lines on the circumferential surface of a tabular grain.
  • JP-A-1-102547 discloses a method of forming dislocation lines on the major faces of a tabular grain.
  • JP-B-44-15748 discloses a photographic silver halide emulsion sensitized by at least two types of different sensitizers, i.e., a noble metal sensitizer and an unstable selenium sensitizer.
  • JP-B-43-13489 discloses a photographic silver halide emulsion sensitized by at least three types of different sensitizers, i.e., a noble metal sensitizer, an unstable selenium sensitizer, and an unstable sulfur sensitizer.
  • Figs. 1 to 3 are electron micrographs ( ⁇ 100,000) showing crystal features, of silver halide grains in emulsions prepared in Example 1, more specifically, Figs. 1, 2, and 3 are cryo-transmission electron micrographs of typical silver halide grains in emulsions A, C, and D, respectively; and
  • Figs. 4 and 5 are electron micrographs ( ⁇ 100,000) showing crystal features of silver halide grains in emulsions prepared in Example 2, more specifically, Figs. 4 and 5 are cryo-transmission electron micrographs of typical silver halide grains in emulsions E and F, respectively.
  • An emulsion of the present invention preferably consists of tabular silver halide grains having average aspect ratios of 3 or more and preferably 3 to less than 8, and most preferably, 4 or more and 7 or less.
  • the tabular grain is a general term representing grains having one twin a crystal face or two or more parallel twin crystal faces. When ions at all lattice points at two sides of a (111) face are in a mirror image relationship, this (111) face is called a twin crystal face.
  • the shape of the grain is a triangle, a hexagon, or a circle which is rounded triangle or rounded hexagon.
  • Triangular, hexagonal, and circular grains have triangular, hexagonal, and circular parallel surfaces, respectively.
  • an average aspect ratio of tabular grains having a grain size of 0.1 ⁇ m or more is an average value of values obtained by dividing grain sizes of the grains by their thicknesses.
  • the thickness of each grain can be easily measured as follows. That is, a metal is obliquely deposited on a grain and a latex as a reference, and the length of a shadow is measured on an electron micrograph, thereby calculating the thickness of the grain in accordance with the length of the shadow of the latex.
  • the grain size is a diameter of a circle having an area equal to a projected area of parallel surfaces of a grain.
  • the projected area of a grain can be obtained by measuring an area on an electron micrograph and correcting a photographing magnification.
  • the diameter of the tabular grain is preferably 0.15 to 5.0 ⁇ m.
  • the thickness of the tabular grain is preferably 0.05 to 1.0 ⁇ m.
  • An average aspect ratio is obtained as an arithmetic mean of aspect ratios of at least 100 silver halide grains.
  • the average aspect ratio can also be obtained as a ratio of an average diameter to an average thickness of grains.
  • An emulsion of the present invention contains tabular silver halide grains having an average aspect ratio of 3 or more and preferably 3 to less than 8, and these tabular silver halide grains account for 50% or more of a total projected area.
  • a ratio of the tabular grains in the total projected area is preferably 50% or more, and most preferably, 80% or more.
  • More preferable result may be obtained by using monodisperse tabular grains.
  • a feature and a method of manufacturing the monodisperse tabular grains are described in, e.g., JP-A-63-151618, the feature of the grain will be briefly described below. That is, 70% or more of the total projected area of silver halide grains are occupied by hexagonal tabular silver halide grains in which a ratio of the length of an edge having a maximum length to the length of an edge having a minimum length is 2 or less and which has two parallel faces as outer surfaces.
  • the hexagonal tabular silver halide grains are monodisperse, i.e., have a variation coefficient (a value obtained by dividing a variation (standard deviation) in grain sizes represented by a circle-equivalent diameter of a projected area by an average grain size) in grain size distribution of 20% or less.
  • the emulsion of the present invention has a dislocation line.
  • a dislocation of a tabular grain can be observed by a direct method using a transmission electron microscope at a low temperature as described in, e.g., J. F. Hamilton, Phot. Sci. Eng., 11 , 57, (1967) or T. Shiozawa, J. Soc. Phot. Sci. Japan, 35 , 213, (1972). That is, a silver halide grain extracted from an emulsion so as not to apply a pressure which produces a dislocation in the grain, is placed on a mesh for electron microscope observation, and observation is performed by a transmission method while a sample is cooled to prevent a damage (e.g., print out) caused by an electron beam.
  • a damage e.g., print out
  • the grain since it becomes difficult to transmit an electron beam as the thickness of a grain is increased, the grain can be observed more clearly by using a high-voltage (200 kV or more with respect to a grain having a thickness of 0.25 ⁇ m) electron microscope.
  • a high-voltage 200 kV or more with respect to a grain having a thickness of 0.25 ⁇ m
  • the number of dislocation lines is 10 or more per grain, preferably, an average of 10 per grain, and more preferably, an average of 20 per grain.
  • the number of dislocation lines per grain may not be correctly obtained. In these cases, however, dislocation lines can be roughly counted to confirm that, e.g., 10, 20, or 30 lines are present, and the dislocation lines counted in this manner can be clearly distinguished from only several dislocation lines.
  • An average number of dislocation lines per grain is obtained as a number average calculated by counting dislocation lines of 100 grains or more.
  • Dislocation lines can be formed, e.g., in the neiborhood of the circumferential of a tabular grain.
  • the direction of dislocations are substantially perpendicular to the circumferened, and each dislocation line starts from a position corresponding to x% of a distance from the center to the edge (circumference) of the tabular grain and extends toward the circumferential.
  • the value of x is preferably 10 to less than 100, more preferably, 30 to less than 99, and most preferably, 50 to less than 98.
  • Crystallographic directions of dislocation lines are generally (211) orientation. The directions, however, are often zigzagged or sometimes cross each other.
  • Dislocation lines may be uniformly present throughout the entire circumference of a tabular grain or present locally on the circumference. That is, in a hexagonal tabular silver halide grain, for example, dislocation lines may be concentrated about either six corners or only one of the six corners. To the contrary, dislocation lines can be concentrated to only edges except for the six corners.
  • dislocation lines can be formed throughout a region including the centers of two parallel major faces of a tabular grain.
  • crystallographic directions of the dislocation lines viewed in a direction perpendicular to the major faces are sometimes (211) orientation and sometimes (110) orientation or formed at random.
  • the length of each dislocation line is also randomly formed, i.e., the line is sometimes observed as a short line on the major face and sometimes observed as a long line reaching the edge (circumference).
  • the dislocation line is sometimes a straight line but is often zigzagged. In many cases, dislocation lines cross each other.
  • positions of dislocations may be concentrated on the circumference, the major faces, or a local position, or dislocations may be formed on two or more locations thereof. That is, dislocations may be simultaneously present on the circumference and the major faces.
  • a specific high silver iodide layer can be formed inside the grain.
  • to form the high silver iodide layer may include to form a discontinuous high silver iodide region. More specifically, after a substrate grain is prepared, a high silver iodide layer is formed, and a layer having a silver iodide content lower than that of the high silver iodide layer is formed to cover the high silver iodide layer.
  • a silver iodide content of the substrate tabular grain is lower than that of the high silver iodide layer, preferably, 0 to 20 mol%, and more preferably, 0 to 15 mol%.
  • the high silver iodide layer inside a grain is a silver halide solid solution containing silver iodide.
  • the high silver iodide layer inside a grain (to be referred to as an inner high silver iodide layer hereinafter) can be selectively formed on the edge or corner of a substrate grain by controlling formation conditions of the substrate grain and formation conditions of the inner high silver iodide layer.
  • a pAg a logarithm of a reciprocal of a silver ion concentration
  • the presence/absence, the type, and the amount of a silver halide solvent, and a temperature are important factors.
  • a pAg is set to be 8.5 or less and more preferably 8 or less during growth of substrate grains
  • the inner high silver iodide layer can be selectively formed about the corner of a substrate grain.
  • the inner high silver iodide layer can be formed on the edge of a substrate grain.
  • the threshold value of a pAg is increased or decreased in accordance with the temperature and the presence/absence, the type, and the amount of a silver halide solvent. When thiocyanate is used as the silver halide solvent, the pAg threshold value is increased. As the pAg during growth, a pAg in a final stage of substrate grain growth is most important.
  • a position of the inner high silver iodide layer can be controled by adjusting the pAg to be the above value after substrate grains are grown and ripening the grains.
  • effective examples of the silver halide solvent are ammonia, an amine compound, and thiocyanate salt.
  • the inner high silver iodide layer can be formed by a so-called conversion method.
  • This method includes a method of adding a halogen ion having lower solubility in salt for forming a silver ion than that of a halogen ion which currently forms a grain or a portion near the surface of a grain.
  • a predetermined amount (according to a halogen composition) or more of halogen ions having low solubility is preferably added with respect to the surface area of currently formed grains.
  • a predetermined amount or more of KI is preferably added with respect to the surface area of currently formed AgBr grains. More specifically, 8.2 ⁇ 10 -5 mol/m 2 of iodide salt are preferably added.
  • a more preferable method of forming an inner high silver iodide layer is a method of adding an aqueous silver salt solution simultaneously with addition of an aqueous halide salt solution containing iodide salt.
  • an aqueous AgNO 3 solution is added by double jet simultaneously with addition of an aqueous KI solution.
  • addition start timings and addition end timings of the aqueous KI solution and the aqueous AgNO 3 may be shifted from each other.
  • An addition molar ratio of the aqueous AgNO 3 solution with respect to the aqueous KI solution is preferably 0.1 or more, more preferably, 0.5 or more, and most preferably, 1 or more.
  • a total addition molar amount of the aqueous AgNO 3 solution may fall within a silver excessive range with respect to halogen ions and added iodine ions in a system.
  • a pAg during addition of the aqueous halide solution containing the iodine ions and addition of the aqueous silver salt solution performed by double jet is preferably decreased as an addition time of the double jet elapses.
  • a pAg before the addition is started is preferably 6.5 to 13, and more preferably, 7.0 to 11.
  • a pAg at the end of the addition is most preferably 6.5 to 10.0.
  • the solubility of a silver halide in a mixing system is preferably minimized.
  • the temperature of the mixing system during formation of the high silver iodide layer is therefore preferably 30°C to 70°C, and more preferably, 30°C to 50°C.
  • Formation of the inner high silver iodide layer can be most preferably performed by adding fine silver iodide grain (i.e., fine silver iodide, and "fine grain” has the same meaning hereinafter), fine silver iodobromide grain, fine silver chloroiodide grain, or fine silver chloroiodobromide grain. Most preferably, formation of the inner high silver iodide layer is performed by adding fine silver iodide grain. Although these fine grains normally have a grain size of 0.01 to 0.1 ⁇ m, fine grains having a grain size of 0.01 ⁇ m or less or 0.1 ⁇ m or more can be used.
  • the inner high silver iodide layer can be formed by adding the fine grain silver halide and ripening.
  • the fine grains are to be dissolved to perform ripening, the above-mentioned silver halide solvent can be used.
  • These added fine grains need not be immediately perfectly dissolved and disappear but may be dissolved and disappear when final grains are formed.
  • the silver iodide content of the outer layer covering the inner high silver iodide layer is lower than that of the high silver iodide layer, preferably, 0 to 30 mol%, more preferably, 0 to 20 mol%, and most preferably, 0 to 10 mol%.
  • a position of the inner high silver iodide layer is within the region ranging preferably 5 to less than 100 mol%, more preferably, 20 to less than 95 mol%, and most preferably, 50 to less than 90 mol%, with respect to a silver amount of all the grains, measured from the center of a projected hexagon.
  • An amount (silver amount) of the silver halide for forming the inner high silver iodide layer is 50 mol% or less, and more preferably, 20 mol% or less with respect to a silver amount of all the grains.
  • These values of the high silver iodide layer are not measured values obtained by measuring a halogen composition of a final grain by various types of analyzing methods, but formulated values in the manufacture of a silver halide emulsion.
  • the inner high silver iodide layer often disappears from a final grain by, e.g., a recrystallization process, and the above description concerns only the manufacturing method.
  • halogen compositions can be observed by a combination of, e.g., X-ray diffraction, an EPMA (also called XMA) method (in which silver halide grains are scanned by an electron beam to detect a silver halide composition), and an ESCA (also called XPS) method (in which X rays are radiated to perform spectroscopy for photoelectrons emitted from the grain surface).
  • EPMA also called XMA
  • ESCA also called XPS
  • the temperature and the pAg during formation of the outer layer covering the inner high silver iodide layer can be arbitrarily selected, the temperature is preferably 30°C to 80°C, and most preferably 35°C to 70°C, and the pAg is preferably 6.5 to 11.5.
  • the silver halide solvent described above can be sometimes preferably used, and a most preferable silver halide solvent is thiocyanate salt.
  • a silver halochloride is deposited on the major face and converted into a high silver bromide or a high iodide layer, and a shell is formed outside the layer.
  • the silver halochloride are silver chloride, silver chlorobromide, and silver chloroiodobromide containing 10 mol% or more and preferably 60 mol% or more of silver chloride.
  • the silver halide can be deposited on the major face of a substrate grain by independently or simultaneously adding an aqueous silver nitrate solution and an aqueous solution of a suitable alkali metal salt (e.g., potassium chloride) or by adding an emulsion comprising such a silver salt and ripening the emulsion to deposit.
  • a suitable alkali metal salt e.g., potassium chloride
  • deposition of the silver halochloride can be performed in an arbitrary pAg range, the pAg is most preferably 5.0 to 9.5.
  • a tabular grain is grown in mainly the direction of thickness.
  • An amount (silver amount) of the silver halochloride layer is 1 to 80 mol%, and more preferably, 2 to 60 mol% with respect to the substrate grain.
  • Dislocation lines can be formed on the major face of a tabular grain by converting the silver halochloride layer by an aqueous halide solution capable of forming a silver salt having lower solubility than that of a silver halochloride.
  • an aqueous halide solution capable of forming a silver salt having lower solubility than that of a silver halochloride.
  • a shell can be grown to form a final grain.
  • this halogen conversion of the silver halochloride layer not all the silver halochloride but preferably 5% or more, more preferably, 10% or more, and most preferably, 20% or more of the silver halochloride are replaced by a silver salt having lower solubility than that of the silver halochloride.
  • Dislocation lines can be formed in a local portion on the major face by controlling a halogen structure of a substrate grain on which a silver halochloride layer is to be formed. For example, when a substrate tabular grain having an internally high silver iodide structure in the transverse direction of the substrate grain is used, dislocation lines can be formed on only a peripheral portion except for a central portion of the major face. When a substrate tabular grain having an externally high silver iodide structure in the transverse direction of the substrate grain is used, dislocation lines can be formed in only a central portion except for a peripheral portion of the major face.
  • a site director of epitaxial growth of a silver halochloride e.g., an iodide can be used to deposit the silver halochloride in only an areally limited portion, thereby forming dislocation lines in only the limited portion.
  • the temperature during deposition of the silver halochloride is preferably 30°C to 70°C, and more preferably, 30°C to 50°C.
  • the position of the inner silver halochloride layer formed substantially parallel to the major face is within the region ranging preferably 5 to less than 100 mol%, more preferably, 20 to less than 95 mol%, and most preferably, 50 to less than 90 mol%, from the center of the grain thickness to both sides, with respect to a silver amount of the entire grain.
  • the silver iodide content of the shell is preferably 0 to 30 mol% and more preferably 0 to 20 mol%.
  • the temperature and the pAg during shell formation are arbitrarily selected, the temperature is preferably 30°C to 80°C and most preferably 35°C to 70°C, and the pAg is preferably 6.5 to 11.5.
  • the silver halide solvent described above can be sometimes preferably used, and a most preferable silver halide solvent is thiocyanate salt.
  • the inner silver halochloride layer subjected to the halogen conversion sometimes cannot be observed by the above-mentioned halogen composition analyzing methods, depending on the conditions such as a degree of the halogen conversion. Dislocation lines, however, can be clearly observed.
  • Dislocation lines can also be formed by arbitrarily combining the method of forming dislocation lines in an arbitrary position on the major face of a tabular grain and the method of forming dislocation lines in an arbitrary position on the circumference of a tabular grain.
  • a silver halide emulsion which can be used in the present invention may comprise any silver halide of silver bromide, silver iodobromide, silver iodochlorobromide, and silver chlorobromide.
  • a preferable silver halide is silver iodobromide or silver iodochlorobromide containing 30 mol% or less of silver iodide.
  • the tabular grain of the present invention can be easily prepared by methods described in, e.g., Cleve, "Photography Theory and Practice", (1930), P. 131; Gutoff, "Photographic Science and Engineering", vol. 14, PP. 248 to 257, (1970); and U.S. Patents 4,434,226, 4,414,310, 4,433,048, and 4,439,520 and British Patent 2,112,157.
  • a crystal structure may be uniform, may have different halogen compositions between the inner and outer portions of a crystal, or may be layered structure.
  • These emulsion grains are disclosed in, e.g., British Patent 1,027,146, U.S. Patents 3,505,068 and 4,444,877, and Japanese Patnet Application No. 58-248469.
  • a silver halide having different compositions may be bonded by an epitaxial junction, or a compound other than a silver halide such as silver rhodanate or zinc oxide may be bonded.
  • the silver halide emulsion of the present invention preferably has a distribution or structure of a halogen composition in its grain.
  • a typical example is a core-shell type or double structured grain having different halogen compositions in the interior and surface layer of the grain as disclosed in, e.g., JP-B-43-13162, JP-A-61-215540, JP-A-60-222845, and JP-A-61-75337.
  • the shape of a core portion is sometimes identical to or sometimes different from that of the entire grain with a shell.
  • a grain having not only the above surrounding structure but a so-called junction structure can be made.
  • Examples of such a grain are disclosed in, e.g., JP-A-59-133540, JP-A-58-108526, EP 199290A2, JP-B-58-24772, and JP-A-59-16254.
  • a crystal to be bonded having composition different from that of a host crystal can be produced and bonded to an edge, corner, or face portion of the host crystal.
  • Such a junction crystal can be formed regardless of whether the host crystal has a homogeneous halogen composition or a core-shell structure.
  • the junction structure can be naturally made by a combination of silver halides.
  • the junction structure can be made by combining a silver salt compound not having a rock salt structure, e.g., silver rhodanate or silver carbonate with a silver halide.
  • a non-silver salt compound such as PbO can also be used as long as the junction structure can be made.
  • the silver iodide content may be high at a core portion and low at a shell portion or vice versa.
  • the silver iodide content may be high in a host crystal and relatively low in a junction crystal or vice versa.
  • a boundary portion between different halogen compositions may be clear or unclear due to a crystal mixture formed by a composition difference.
  • a continuous structure change may be positively made.
  • the silver halide emulsion for use in the present invention can be subjected to a treatment for rounding a grain as disclosed in, e.g., EP-0096727Bl and EP-0064412Bl or a treatment of modifying the surface of a grain as disclosed in DE-2306447C2 and JP-A-60-221320.
  • the silver halide emulsion for use in the present invention is preferably of a surface latent image type.
  • An internal latent image type emulsion can be used by selecting a developing solution or development conditions as disclosed in JP-A-59-133542.
  • a shallow internal latent image type emulsion covered with a thin shell can be used in accordance with an application.
  • a silver halide solvent can be effectively used to promote ripening.
  • an excessive amount of halogen ions are supplied in a reaction vessel in order to promote ripening. Therefore, it is apparent that ripening can be promoted by only supplying a halide salt solution into a reaction vessel.
  • another ripening agent can be used. In this case, a total amount of these ripening agents can be mixed in a dispersion medium in the reaction vessel before a silver salt and a halide salt are added therein, or they can be added in the reaction vessel together with one or more halide salts, a silver salt or a deflocculant.
  • the ripening agents can be added in separate steps during process of adding a halide salt and a silver salt.
  • ripening agent other than the halogen ion examples include ammonia, an amine compound, and a thiocyanate such as an alkali metal thiocyanate, especially sodium or potassium thiocyanate and ammonium thiocyanate.
  • a silver iodide content between grains is preferably more uniform.
  • the uniformity of the silver iodide content between grains can be determined by the EPMA (Electron-Probe Micro Analyzer) method described above.
  • a sample is dispersed well so that emulsion grains are not in contact with each other, and an electron beam is radiated on the sample.
  • Element analysis of a very small portion can be performed by X-ray diffraction based on electron beam excitation.
  • a halogen composition of each grain can be determined by obtaining characteristic X-ray intensities of silver and iodine radiated from the grain.
  • a relative standard deviation is preferably 50% or less, more preferably, 35% or less, and most preferably, 20% or less.
  • the silver halide emulsion of the present invention may contain a cadmium salt, a zinc salt, a thallium salt, an iridium salt or its complex salt, rhodium salt or its complex salt, and an iron salt or its complex salt.
  • the silver halide emulsion contains the iridium salt.
  • the emulsion of the present invention has been chemically sensitized by different sensitizers of at least one selenium sensitizer, at least one gold sensitizer, and at least one sulfur sensitizer.
  • Selenium sensitization is performed by a conventional method. That is, an labile selenium compound and/or a non-labile selenium compound are/is added to an emulsion, and the emulsion is stirred at a high temperature of preferably 40°C or more for a predetermined time period. Selenium sensitization using labile selenium sensitizers described in JP-B-44-15748 is preferably performed.
  • the unstable selenium sensitizer examples include an aliphatic isoselenocyanate such as allylisoselenocyanates, selenoureas, selenoketones, selenoamides, selenocarboxylic acids and esters, and selenophosphates.
  • aliphatic isoselenocyanate such as allylisoselenocyanates, selenoureas, selenoketones, selenoamides, selenocarboxylic acids and esters, and selenophosphates.
  • labile selenium compound are as follows.
  • the compound is not limited to the above examples. It is generally understood by those skilled in the art that the structure of the labile selenium compound as a sensitizer of a photographic emulsion is not so important as long as selenium is labile and that an organic portion of a selenium sensitizer molecule has no function except for a function of carrying selenium and allowing selenium to be present in an labile state in an emulsion. In the present invention, the labile selenium compound in such a wide range of general idea is effectively used.
  • Non-labile selenium sensitizers described in JP-B-46-4553, JP-B-52-34492, and JP-B-52-34491 is also performed.
  • the non-labile selenium compound are selenious acid, potassium selenocyanide, selenazoles, a quaternary ammonium salt of a selenazole, diarylselenide, diaryldiselenide, 2-thioselenazolizinedione, 2-selenooxozinethione, and derivatives of these compounds.
  • a non-labile selenium sensitizer and a thioselenazolizinedione compound described in JP-B-52-38408 are also effective.
  • selenium sensitizers are dissolved in water, an organic solvent such as methanol or ethanol, or a solvent mixture thereof and added upon chemical sensitization. Preferably, the sensitizers are added before chemical sensitization is started.
  • the labile sensitizers need not be used singly but may be used in combination of two or more types thereof.
  • the labile and non-labile selenium compounds can be preferably used in combination.
  • an addition amount of the selenium sensitizer for use in the present invention differs in accordance with the activity of the selenium sensitizer or the temperature and time of ripening, it is preferably 1 ⁇ 10 -8 mol or more, and more preferably, 1 ⁇ 10-7 to 5 ⁇ 10 -5 mol per mol of a silver halide.
  • the temperature of chemical ripening is preferably 45°C or more, and more preferably, 50°C to 80°C.
  • a pAg and a pH may take arbitrary values. For example, the effect of the present invention can be obtained throughout a wide pH range of 4 to 9.
  • selenium sensitization can be performed more effectively in the presence of a silver halide solvent.
  • Examples of the silver halide solvent which can be used in the present invention are (a) organic thioethers described in, e.g., U.S. Patents 3,271,157, 3,531,289, and 3,574,628, JP-A-54-1019, and JP-A-54-158917; (b) thiourea derivatives described in, e.g., JP-A-53-82408, JP-A-55-77737, and JP-A-55-2982; (c) a silver halide solvent having a thiocarbonyl group sandwiched by an oxygen or sulfur atom and a nitrogen atom described in JP-A-53-144319; (d) imidazoles described in JP-A-54-100717; (e) sulfite; and (f) thiocyanate.
  • organic thioethers described in, e.g., U.S. Patents 3,271,157, 3,531,289, and 3,574,628, J
  • Most preferable examples of the solvent are thiocyanate and tetramethylthiourea.
  • An amount of the solvent changes in accordance with the type of a solvent.
  • a preferable amount of thiocyanate is 1 ⁇ 10 -4 to 1 ⁇ 10 -2 mol per mol of a silver halide.
  • Sulfur sensitization is generally performed by adding a sulfur sensitizer to an emulsion and stirring the emulsion at a high temperature of preferably 40°C or more for a predetermined time period.
  • Gold sensitization is generally performed by adding a gold sensitizer to an emulsion and stirring the emulsion at a high temperature of 40°C or more for a predetermined time period.
  • sulfur sensitizer examples include thiosulfate, allylthiocarbamidothiourea, allylisothiacyanate, cystine, p-toluenethiosulfonate, and rhodanine.
  • sulfur sensitizers described in e.g., U.S. Patents 1,574,944, 2,410,689, 2,278,947, 2,728,668, 3,501,313, and 3,656,955, West German Patent 1,422,869, JP-B-56-24937, and JP-A-55-45016 can be used.
  • An addition amount of the sulfur sensitizer need only be an amount sufficient to effectively increase the sensitivity of the emulsion.
  • the amount changes throughout a wide range in accordance with various conditions such as a pH, a temperature, and the size of a silver halide grain, it is preferably 1 ⁇ 10 -7 to 5 ⁇ 10 -5 mol per mol of a silver halide.
  • An oxidation number of gold of a gold sensitizer for use in gold sensitization of the present invention may be +1 or +3, and gold compounds which are normally used as a gold sensitizer can be used in the present invention.
  • gold compounds which are normally used as a gold sensitizer can be used in the present invention.
  • Typical examples of the gold compound are chloroaurate, potassium chloroaurate, aurictrichloride, potassium auricthiocyanate, potassium iodoaurate, tetracyanoauric acid, ammonium aurothiocyanate, and pyridyltforogold.
  • an addition amount of the gold sensitizer changes in accordance with various conditions, it is preferably 1 ⁇ 10 -7 to 5 ⁇ 10 -5 mol per mol of a silver halide.
  • addition times and an addition order of the silver halide solvent, the selenium sensitizer, the sulfur sensitizer, and the gold sensitizer need not be particularly limited.
  • the above compounds can be added simultaneously or at different addition timings in (preferably) an initial stage of chemical ripening or during chemical ripening.
  • the compounds are dissolved in water, an organic solvent, which can be mixed in water, such as methanol, ethanol, or acetone, or a solution mixture thereof and added to an emulsion.
  • the silver halide emulsion of the present invention preferably, has been subjected to reduction sensitization during grain formation.
  • Reduction sensitization is performed during grain formation of a silver halide emulsion basically means that reduction sensitization is performed during nucleation, ripening, and growth or precipitation. Reduction sensitization may be performed upon any of nucleation as an initial stage of grain formation, physical ripening, or precipitation. Most preferably, reduction sensitization is performed during precipitation of silver halide grains. In this case, reduction sensitization may be performed while silver halide grains are physically ripened or grown upon addition of water-soluble silver salt and water-soluble alkali halide. Alternatively, reduction sensitization may be performed by temporarily stopping growth, and growth may be performed again.
  • Reduction sensitization may be any of a method of adding a known reduction sensitizer to a silver halide emulsion, a method called silver ripening in which grains are grown or ripened in a low-pAg atmosphere having a pAg of 1 to 7, and a method called high-pH ripening in which grains are grown or ripened in a high-pH atmosphere having a pH of 8 to 11. These methods can be used in combination of two or more thereof.
  • the method of adding a reduction sensitizer is preferable since the level of reduction sensitization can be finely controlled.
  • the reduction sensitizer examples include stannous chloride, a amines and polyamines, hydrazine derivatives, formamidinesulfinic acid, silane compounds, and borane compounds. In the present invention, these compounds may be selectively used or used in combination of two or more types thereof.
  • Preferable compounds as the reduction sensitizer are stannous chloride, thiourea dioxide, dimethylamineborane, ascorbic acid, and ascorbic acid derivatives.
  • an addition amount of the reduction sensitizer depends on emulsion manufacturing conditions, it is preferably 10 -8 to 10 -3 mol per mol of a silver halide.
  • the reduction sensitizer can be dissolved in water or a solvent such as alcohols, glycols, ketones, esters, or amides and added during grain formation.
  • a solvent such as alcohols, glycols, ketones, esters, or amides
  • the reduction sensitizer may be added to a reaction vessel beforehand, it is preferably added at an arbitrary timing during grain formation.
  • the reduction sensitizer may be added to an aqueous solution of water-soluble silver salt or water-soluble alkali halide, and the resultant aqueous solution may be used in grain formation.
  • a solution of a reduction sensitizer may be added continuously or a plurality of times as grain formation progresses.
  • a palladium compound in an amount of 5 ⁇ 10 -5 mol or more per mol of a silver halide is added to the silver halide emulsion of the present invention after grain formation is finished and preferably before desalting is started.
  • the palladium compound is a palladium divalent or tetravalent salt.
  • the palladium compound is preferably represented by R 2 PdX 6 or R 2 PdX 4 wherein R represents hydrogen atom, alkali metal atom, or ammonium group and X represents halogen atom, i.e., chlorine, bromine, or iodine.
  • the palladium compound is K 2 PdCl 4 , (NH 4 ) 2 PdCl 6 , Na 2 PdCl 4 , (NH 4 ) 2 PdCl 4 , Li 2 PdCl 4 , Na 2 PdCl 6 , and K 2 PdBr4.
  • the palladium compound is used in combination of thiocyanate ions in an amount five times that of the palladium compound.
  • the silver halide emulsion of the present invention is preferably spectrally sensitized and used.
  • a cyanine dye is used as a spectral sensitizing dye for use in the present invention.
  • the cyanine dye used in the present invention is a dye represented by the following formula (I): wherein each of Z 1 and Z 2 independently represents an atom group required to form a heterocyclic nucleus normally used in a cyanine dye, such as thiazole, thiazoline, benzothiazole, naphthothiazole, oxazole, oxazoline, benzooxazole, naphthooxazole, tetrazole, pyridine, quinoline, imidazoline, imidazole, benzoimidazole, naphthoimidazole, selenazoline, selenazole, benzoselenazole, naphthoselenazole, or indolenine.
  • formula (I) wherein each of Z 1 and Z 2 independently represents an atom group required to form a heterocyclic nucleus normally used in a
  • nuclei may be substituted by a lower alkyl group such as methyl, halogen atom, phenyl, hydroxyl, alkoxy having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, carboxyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylsulfamoyl, alkylcarbamoyl, acetyl, acetoxy, cyano, trichloromethyl, trifluoromethyl, and nitro.
  • a lower alkyl group such as methyl, halogen atom, phenyl, hydroxyl, alkoxy having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, carboxyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylsulfamoyl, alkylcarbamoyl, acetyl, acetoxy, cyano, trichloromethyl, trifluoromethyl, and nitro.
  • L 1 or L 2 represents a methine group and a substituted methine group.
  • the substituted methine group are a methine group substituted by, e.g., a lower alkyl group such as methyl and ethyl, phenyl, substituted phenyl, methoxy, and ethoxy.
  • R 1 and R 2 independently represent alkyl having 1 to 5 carbon atoms; substituted alkyl having a carboxy group; substituted alkyl having a sulfo group such as ⁇ -sulfoethyl, ⁇ -sulfopropyl, ⁇ -sulfobutyl, 2-(3-sulfopropoxy)ethyl, 2-(2-(sulfopropoxy)ethoxy)ethyl, and 2-hydroxysulfopropyl, an allyl group or a substituted alkyl group normally used as an N-substituting group of a cyanine dye.
  • m 1 represents 1, 2, or 3.
  • X 1 ⁇ represents an acid anion group normally used in a cyanine dye such as an iodide ion, a bromide ion, a p-toluenesulfonate ion, or a perchlorate ion.
  • n 1 represents 1 or 2. When it is a betaine structure, n 1 is 1.
  • An amount of the sensitizing dye to be added during preparation of the silver halide emulsion changes in accordance with the type of additive or a silver halide amount. However, substantially the same amount as that added in conventional methods can be used.
  • an addition amount of the sensitizing dye is preferably 0.001 to 100 mmol, and more preferably, 0.01 to 10 mmol per mol of a silver halide.
  • the sensitizing dye is added after or before chemical ripening.
  • the sensitizing dye is most preferably added during chemical ripening or before chemical ripening (e.g., during grain formation or during physical ripening).
  • a dye not having a spectral sensitizing effect or a substance essentially not absorbing visible light but exhibiting supersensitization may be added to the emulsion.
  • the substance are an aminostylyl compound substituted by a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group (described in, e.g., U.S. Patent 2,933,390 or 3,635,721), an aromatic organic acid formaldehyde condensate (described in, e.g., U.S. Patent 3,743,510), cadmium salt, and an azaindene compound.
  • Combinations described in U.S. Patents 3,615,613, 3,615,641, 3,617,295, and 3,635,721 are most effective.
  • the photographic emulsion for use in the present invention can contain various compounds in order to prevent fog during manufacture, storage, or a photographic treatment of the light-sensitive material or to stabilize photographic properties.
  • the compound known as an antifoggant or stabilizer are azoles such as benzothiazolium salt, nitroindazoles, triazoles, benzotriazoles, and benzimidazoles (especially a nitro- or halogen-substituted form); a heterocyclic mercapto compound such as mercaptothiazoles, mercaptobenzothiazoles, mercaptobenzimidazoles, mercaptothiazoles, mercaptotetrazoles (especially 1-phenyl-5-mercaptotetrazole), and mercaptopyrimidines; the heterocyclic mercapto compound having a water-soluble group such as a carboxyl group or a sulfone group; a thioketo compound such as oxazolinethiones;
  • antifoggants or stabilizers are normally added after chemical ripening is performed, they may be more preferably added during chemical ripening or before start of chemical ripening. That is, in a silver halide emulsion grain formation process, the antifoggants or stabilizers can be added during addition of a silver salt solution, after the addition and before start of chemical ripening, or during chemical ripening (within preferably 50%, and more preferably, 20% of a chemical ripening time from the start of chemical ripening).
  • examples of the antifoggant or stabilizer are a hydroxyazaindene compound, a benzotriazole compound, and a heterocyclic compound substituted by at least one mercapto group and having at least two aza-nitrogen atoms in a molecule.
  • R 1 and R 2 may be the same or different and independently represent a hydrogen atom; an aliphatic moiety (e.g. an alkyl group (e.g., methyl, ethyl, propyl, pentyl, hexyl, octyl, isopropyl, sec-butyl, t-butyl, cyclohexyl, cyclopentylmethyl, and 2-norbornyl); an alkyl group substituted by an aromatic moiety (e.g., benzyl, phenethyl, benzhydryl, 1-naphthylmethyl, and 3-phenylbutyl); an alkyl group substituted by an alkoxy group (e.g., methoxymethyl, 2-methoxyethyl, 3-ethoxypropyl, and 4-methoxybutyl); and alkyl group substituted by an alkoxy group (e.g., methoxymethyl, 2-methoxyethyl
  • a total number of carbon atoms of R 1 and R 2 is preferably 12 or less.
  • n 1 or 2.
  • a benzotriazole compound is a compound represented by the following formula IV: wherein p represents 0 or an integer of 1 to 4 and R 3 represents a halogen atom (chlorine, bromine, or iodine) or an aliphatic group (including saturated and non-saturated aliphatic groups), e.g., a nonsubstituted alkyl group preferably having 1 to 8 carbon atoms (e.g., methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, or hexyl); a substituted alkyl group in which an alkyl radical (moiety) preferably has 1 to 4 carbon atoms, e.g., a vinylmethyl group, an aralkyl group (e.g., benzyl or phenethyl), a hydroxyalkyl group (e.g., 2-hydroxyethyl, 3-hydroxypropyl, or 4-hydroxylbutyl), an acetoxyalkyl group (e
  • benzotriazole compound for use in the emulsion of the present invention will be listed below.
  • the benzotriazole compound used in the present invention is no limited to the following compounds.
  • a heterocyclic compound substituted by at least one mercapto group and having at least two aza-nitrogen atoms in a molecule (to be referred to as a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound having a mercapto group hereinafter) will be described below.
  • a heterocyclic ring of such a compound may have different types of atoms bisides a nitrogen atom, such as oxygen, sulfur, and selenium.
  • a preferable compound is a two 5- or 6-membered mono-heterocyclic compound having at least aza-nitrogen atoms or a 2- or 3-heterocyclic compound which is obtained by condensing two or three heterocyclic rings each having at least one nitrogen atom, in which a mercapto group is substituted on a carbon atom adjacent to aza-nitrogen.
  • heterocyclic ring examples of the heterocyclic ring are pyrazole, 1,2,4-triazole, 1,2,3-triazole, 1,3,4-thiadiazole, 1,2,3-thiadiazole, 1,2,4-thiadiazole, 1,2,5-thiadiazole, 1,2,3,4-tetrazole, pyridazine, 1,2,3-triazine, 1,2,4-triazine, 1,3,5-triazine, and a ring obtained by condensing two or three of the above rings, e.g., triazolotriazole, diazaindene, triazaindene, tetrazaindene, and pentazaindene.
  • a heterocyclic ring obtained by condensing a monoheterocyclic ring and an aromatic ring e.g., a phthalazine ring and an indazole ring
  • rings are 1,2,4-triazole, 1,3,4-thiadiazole, 1,2,3,4-tetrazole, 1,2,4-triazine, triazolotriazole, and tetrazaindene.
  • a mercapto group may be substituted on any carbon atom of the ring, the following bonds are preferably formed.
  • the heterocyclic ring may have a substituting group other than the mercapto group.
  • substituting group are alkyl having 8 or less carbon atoms (e.g., methyl, ethyl, cyclohexyl, and cyclohexylmethyl), substituted alkyl (e.g., sulfoethyl and hydroxymethyl), alkoxy having 8 or less carbon atoms (e.g., methoxy and ethoxy), alkylthio having 8 or less carbon atoms (e.g., methylthio and butylthio), hydroxy, amino, hydroxyamino, alkylamino having 8 or less carbon atoms (e.g., methylamino and butylamino), dialkylamino having 8 or less carbon atoms (e.g., dimethylamino and diisopropylamino), arylamino (e.g., anilino), acylamino (e.g
  • an addition amount of the antifoggant or stabilizer for use in the present invention changes in accordance with an addition method or a silver halide amount, it is preferably 10 -7 to 10 -2 mol, and more preferably, 10 -5 to 10 -2 mol per mol of a silver halide.
  • the emulsion of the present invention can be used as a mixture with another emulsion.
  • Two or more types of the emulsions of the present invention can be used in the form of a mixture, or the emulsion of the present invention can be used as a mixture with one or more types of other emulsions.
  • Emulsions having different grain sizes can be mixed, emulsions having different halogen compositions can be mixed, and emulsions having different grain shapes can be mixed.
  • Monodisperse emulsions can be mixed, polydisperse emulsions can be mixed, and monodisperse and polydisperse emulsions can be mixed.
  • the silver halide emulsion of the present invention is preferably contained by at least 50%, more preferably 60% or more, with respect to the total projected area.
  • Additives RD No.17643 RD No.18716 1. Chemical sensitizers page 23 page 648, right column 2. Sensitivity increasing agents do 3. Spectral sensitizers, super sensitizers pages 23-24 page 648, right column to page 649, right column 4. Brighteners page 24 5. Antifoggants and stabilizers pages 24-25 pages 24-25 page 649, right column 6. Light absorbent, filter dye, ultra-violet absorbents pages 25-26 page 649, right column to page 650, left column 7. Stain preventing agents page 25, right column page 650, left to right columns 8. Dye image stabilizer page 25 9. Hardening agents page 26 page 651, left column 10. Binder page 26 do 11. Plasticizers, lubricants page 27 page 650, right column 12. Coating aids, surface active agents pages 26-27 do 13. Antistatic agents page 27 do
  • a compound which can react with and fix formaldehyde described in U.S. Patent 4,411,987 or 4,435,503 is preferably added to the light-sensitive material.
  • the photographic emulsion of the present invention is preferably used in a color light-sensitive material, and various color couplers can be used. Specific examples of these couplers are described in above-described Research Disclosure (RD), No. 17643, VII-C to VII-G as patent references.
  • a yellow coupler Preferred examples of a yellow coupler are described in, e.g., U.S. Patents 3,933,501, 4,022,620, 4,326,024, 4,401,752, and 4,248,961, JP-B-58-10739, British Patents 1,425,020 and 1,476,760, U.S. Patents 3,973,968, 4,314,023, and 4,511,649, and EP 249,473A.
  • magenta coupler examples are preferably 5-pyrazolone and pyrazoloazole type compounds, and more preferably, compounds described in, e.g., U.S. Patents 4,310,619 and 4,351,897, EP 73,636, U.S. Patents 3,061,432 and 3,725,067, Research Disclosure No. 24220 (June 1984), JP-A-60-33552, Research Disclosure No. 24230 (June 1984), JP-A-60-43659, JP-A-61-72238, JP-A-60-35730, JP-A-55-118034, and JP-A-60-185951, U.S. Patents 4,500,630, 4,540,654, and 4,565,630, and WO No. 04795/88.
  • Examples of a cyan coupler are phenol and naphthol type couplers, and preferably, those described in, e.g., U.S. Patents 4,052,212, 4,146,396, 4,228,233, 4,296,200, 2,369,929, 2,801,171, 2,772,162, 2,895,826, 3,772,002, 3,758,308, 4,343,011, and 4,327,173, EP Disclosure 3,329,729, EP 121,365A and 249,453A, U.S. Patents 3,446,622, 4,333,994, 4,775,616, 4,451,559, 4,427,767, 4,690,889, 4,254,212, and 4,296,199 and JP-A-61-42658.
  • a colored coupler for correcting additional, undesirable absorption of a colored dye are those described in Research Disclosure No. 17643, VII-G, U.S. Patent 4,163,670, JP-B-57-39413, U.S. Patents 4,004,929 and 4,138,258, and British Patent 1,146,368.
  • a coupler for correcting unnecessary absorption of a colored dye by a fluorescent dye released upon coupling described in U.S. Patent 4,774,181 or a coupler having a dye precursor group which can react with a developing agent to form a dye as a split-off group described in U.S. Patent 4,777,120 may be preferably used.
  • a coupler capable of forming colored dyes having proper diffusibility are those described in U.S. Patent 4,366,237, British Patent 2,125,570, EP 96,570, and West German Patent Application (OLS) No. 3,234,533.
  • Couplers releasing a photographically useful residue upon coupling are preferably used in the present invention.
  • DIR couplers i.e., couplers releasing a development inhibitor are described in the patents cited in the above-described Research Disclosure No. 17643, VII-F, JP-A-57-151944, JP-A-57-154234, JP-A-60-184248, JP-A-63-37346, JP-A-63-37350, and U.S. Patents 4,248,962 and 4,782,012.
  • Examples of a coupler which can be used in the light-sensitive material of the present invention are competing couplers described in, e.g., U.S. Patent 4,130,427; poly-equivalent couplers described in, e.g., U.S.
  • Patents 4,283,472, 4,338,393, and 4,310,618 a DIR redox compound releasing coupler, a DIR coupler releasing coupler, a DIR coupler releasing redox compound, or a DIR redox releasing redox compound described in, e.g., JP-A-60-185950 and JP-A-62-24252; couplers releasing a dye which turns to a colored form after being released described in EP 173,302A and 313,308A; bleaching accelerator releasing couplers described in, e.g., RD. Nos. 11,449 and 24,241 and JP-A-61-201247; a legand releasing coupler described in, e.g., U.S. Patent 4,553,477; a coupler releasing a leuco dye described in JP-A-63-75747; and a coupler releasing a fluorescent dye described in U.S. Patent 4,774,181.
  • an antiseptic agent or a mildewproofing agent are preferably added to the color light-sensitive material of the present invention.
  • the antiseptic agent and the mildewproofing agent are 1,2-benzisothiazoline-3-one, n-butyl-p-hydroxybenzoate, 2-phenoxyethanol, and 2-(4-thiazolyl) benzimidazole described in JP-A-63-257747, JP-A-62-272248, and JP-A-1-80941.
  • a support which can be suitably used in the present invention is described in, e.g., RD. No. 17643, page 28 and RD. No. 18716, from the right column, page 647 to the left column, page 648.
  • the sum total of film thicknesses of all hydrophilic colloidal layers at the side having emulsion layers is preferably 28 ⁇ m or less, more preferably, 23 ⁇ m or less, and most preferably, 20 ⁇ m or less.
  • a film swell speed T 1/2 is preferably 30 sec. or less, and more preferably, 20 sec. or less.
  • the film thickness means a film thickness measured under moisture conditioning at a temperature of 25°C and a relative humidity of 55% (two days).
  • the film swell speed T 1/2 can be measured in accordance with a known method in the art.
  • the film swell speed T 1/2 can be measured by using a swell meter described in Photographic Science & Engineering, A. Green et al., Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 124 to 129.
  • T 1/2 is defined as a time required for reaching 1/2 of the saturated film thickness.
  • the film swell speed T 1/2 can be adjusted by adding a film hardening agent to gelatin as a binder or changing aging conditions after coating.
  • a swell ratio is preferably 150% to 400%.
  • the color photographic light-sensitive material according to the present invention can be developed by conventional methods described in RD. No. 17643, pp. 28 and 29 and RD. No. 18716, the left to right columns, page 615.
  • black-and-white development is performed and then color development is performed.
  • black-and-white developer well-known black-and-white developing agents, e.g., a dihydroxybenzene such as hydroquinone, 3-pyrazolidones such as 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidone, and an aminophenol such as N-methyl-p-aminophenol can be used singly or in a combination of two or more thereof.
  • the photographic light-sensitive material of the present invention is normally subjected to washing and/or stabilizing steps after desilvering.
  • An amount of water used in the washing step can be arbitrarily determined over a broad range in accordance with the properties (e.g., a property determined by use of a coupler) of the light-sensitive material, the application of the material, the temperature of the water, the number of water tanks (the number of stages), a replenishing scheme representing a counter or forward current, and other conditions.
  • the relationship between the amount of water and the number of water tanks in a multi-stage counter-current scheme can be obtained by a method described in "Journal of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineering", Vol. 64, PP. 248 - 253 (May, 1955).
  • the amount of water used for washing can be greatly decreased. Since washing water stays in the tanks for a long period of time, however, bacteria multiply and floating substances may be undesirably attached to the light-sensitive material.
  • a method of decreasing calcium and magnesium ions can be effectively utilized, as described in JP-A-62-288838.
  • a germicide such as an isothiazolone compound and cyabendazole described in JP-A-57-8542
  • a chlorine-based germicide such as chlorinated sodium isocyanurate
  • germicides such as benzotriazole described in Hiroshi Horiguchi, “Chemistry of Antibacterial and Antifungal Agents", (1986), Eiseigijutsu-Kai ed., “Sterilization, Antibacterial, and Antifungal Techniques for Microorganisms", (1982), and Nippon Bokin Bokabi Gakkai ed., "Dictionary of Antibacterial and Antifungal Agents".
  • the pH of the water for washing the photographic light-sensitive material of the present invention is 4 to 9, and preferably, 5 to 8.
  • the water temperature and the washing time can vary in accordance with the properties and applications of the light-sensitive material. Generally, the washing time is 20 seconds to 10 minutes at a temperature of 15°C to 45°C, and preferably, 30 seconds to 5 minutes at 25°C to 40°C.
  • the light-sensitive material of the present invention can be processed directly by a stabilizing agent in place of washing. All known methods described in JP-A-57-8543, JP-A-58-14834, and JP-A-60-220345 can be used in such stabilizing processing.
  • Stabilizing is sometimes performed subsequently to the washing.
  • An example is a formalin bath used as a final bath of a photographic color light-sensitive material.
  • the light-sensitive material of the present invention When the light-sensitive material of the present invention is to be used in the form of a roll, it is preferably housed in a cartridge.
  • a most general cartridge is a 135-format patrone which is currently used.
  • cartridges proposed in the following patents can be used. JU-A-58-67329, JP-A-58-181035, JP-A-58-182634, JP-A-58-195236, U.S. Patent 4,221,479, JP-A-1-231045, JP-A-2-124564, JP-A-2-170150, Japanese Patent Application Nos.
  • aqueous silver nitrate solution containing 136.3 g AgNO 3
  • an aqueous halide solution containing 4.2 mol% of KI with respect to KBr
  • a silver potential was maintained at 0 mV with respect to a saturated calomel electrode.
  • the temperature was decreased to 40°C, and an aqueous silver nitrate solution (containing 28.6 g of AgNO 3 ) and an aqueous KBr solution were added by the double jet method over 5.35 minutes, while the silver potential was maintained at -50 mV with respect to the saturated calomel electrode.
  • the prepared emulsion was desalted by a flocculation method, and gelatin was added. Thereafter, the pH and the pAg were adjusted to be 5.5 and 8.8, respectively, to prepare emulsion A.
  • the emulsion A was a tabular grain emulsion having an average circle-equivalent diameter of 1.14 ⁇ m, an average thickness of 0.189 ⁇ m, an average aspect ratio of 6.03, and a variation coefficient of a circle-equivalent diameter of 28%.
  • An emulsion B was prepared following the same procedures as for the emulsion A except that the aqueous halide solution (containing 4.2 mol% of KI with respect to KBr) was changed to an aqueous halide solution (containing 8.4 mol% of KI with respect to KBr) in the second stage.
  • the emulsion B was a tabular grain emulsion having an average circle-equivalent diameter of 1.17 ⁇ m, an average thickness of 0.190 ⁇ m, an average aspect ratio of 6.16, and a variation coefficient of a circle-equivalent diameter of 31%.
  • the same procedures as for the emulsion A were performed from flocculation to prepare emulsion C.
  • the emulsion C was a tabular grain emulsion having an average circle-equivalent diameter of 1.09 ⁇ m, an average thickness of 0.196 ⁇ m, an average aspect ratio of 5.56, and a variation coefficient of a circle-equivalent diameter of 29%.
  • the temperature was decreased to 40°C, and an aqueous silver nitrate solution (containing 3.2 g of AgNO 3 ) and an aqueous KI solution (containing 2.3 g of KI) were added over five minutes. Thereafter, an aqueous silver nitrate solution (containing 25.4 g of AgNO 3 ) and an aqueous KBr solution were added by the double jet method over 5.35 minutes. During this addition, the silver potential was maintained at - 50 mV with respect to the saturated calomel electrode. The same procedures as for the emulsion A were performed from flocculation to prepare emulsion D.
  • the emulsion D was a tabular grain emulsion having an average circle-equivalent diameter of 1.21 ⁇ m, an average thickness of 0.197 ⁇ m, an average aspect ratio of 6.14, and a variation coefficient of a circle-equivalent diameter of 27%.
  • Figs. 1 to 3 show typical photographs of the grains in the emulsions A, C, and D, respectively.
  • the emulsions A to D were subjected to gold-sulfur sensitization as follows. That is, each emulsion was heated up to 72°C, and 1 ⁇ 10 -3 mol/mol Ag of a sensitizing dye Dye-1 to be described below, 7 ⁇ 10 -5 mol/mol Ag of an antifoggant V-8 described in Table B (to be presented later), 1.1 ⁇ 10 -5 mol/mol Ag of sodium thiosulfate, 1.0 ⁇ 10 -5 mol/mol Ag of chloroauric acid, and 8.0 ⁇ 10 -4 mol/mol Ag of potassium thiocyanate were sequentially added to the emulsion, thereby optimally performing chemical sensitization.
  • "optimal chemical sensitization” means chemical sensitization in which the highest sensitivity was obtained when exposure was performed for 1/10 second after the chemical sensitization.
  • the emulsions A to D were subjected to gold-sulfur-selenium sensitization as follows. That is, each emulsion was heated up to 72°C, and 1 ⁇ 10 -3 mol/mol Ag of the above sensitizing dye Dye-1, 1 ⁇ 10 -4 mol/mol Ag of the antifoggant V-8 described in Table B, 1.0 ⁇ 10 -5 mol/mol Ag of sodium thiosulfate, 1.5 ⁇ 10 -5 mol/mol Ag of chloroauric acid, 2.4 ⁇ 10 -3 mol/mol Ag of potassium thiocyanate, and 1.0 ⁇ 10 -5 mol/mol Ag of N,N-dimethylselenourea were sequentially added to the emulsion, thereby optimally performing chemical sensitization.
  • Emulsion layer 2 Emulsion: Various types of emulsions Coating silver amount: 4.0 g/m 2 Binder, additive, and coating aid: the same as in emulsion 1
  • Binder Gelatin 0.7 g/m 2
  • Coating aid Sodium N-oleoyl-N-methyltaurate 0.2 mg/m 2
  • the sensitivity of the obtained emulsion is represented by a relative value of a reciprocal of an exposure amount required for an optical density to be fog + 0.1.
  • the graininess of each sample was evaluated as follows.
  • each sample was stored at a temperature of 50°C and a relative humidity of 30% for six days before exposure.
  • sample of emulsion of the present invention each had high sensitivity.
  • the fog was low, and changes in fog and sensitivity were small after it was stored.
  • an aqueous silver nitrate solution (containing 104 g of AgNO 3 ) were added at an accelerated flow rate (a flow rate at the end of the addition was 10 times that at the beginning) over 60 minutes, and an aqueous KBr solution was simultaneously added by the double jet method.
  • the silver potential was maintained at +10 mV with respect to the saturated calomel electrode until 93.6 g of AgNO 3 was added, and then it was maintained at +90 mV.
  • an aqueous silver nitrate solution (containing 46g of AgNO 3 ) and an aqueous KBr solution (containing 3.0 mol% of KI with respect to KBr) were added by the double jet method. During this addition, the silver potential was maintained at 0 mV with respect to the saturated calomel electrode. After 3.0 ⁇ 10 -4 mol/mol Ag of (N H ) 2 PdCl 4 and 1.5 ⁇ 10 -3 mol/mol Ag of potassium thiocyanate were added, the resultant solution was desalted by a flocculation method, and gelatin was added. Thereafter, a pH and a pAg were adjusted to be 6.9 and 8.0, respectively, to prepare emulsion E.
  • the emulsion E was a monodisperse tabular grain emulsion having an average circle-equivalent diameter of 1.20 ⁇ m, an average thickness of 0.20 ⁇ m, an average aspect ratio of 6.0, and a variation coefficient of a circle-equivalent diameter of 15%.
  • an aqueous silver nitrate solution (containing 104 g of AgNO 3 ) was added at an accelerated flow rate (a flow rate at the end of the addition was 10 times that at the beginning) over 50 minutes, and an aqueous KBr solution was simultaneously added by the double jet method.
  • the silver potential was maintained at +10 mV with respect to the saturated calomel electrode until 93.6 g of AgNO 3 were added and then it was maintained at +90 mV.
  • an aqueous silver nitrate solution (containing 4.8 g of AgNO 3 ) and an aqueous KI solution (containing 3.5 g of KI) were added by the double jet method over 10 minutes.
  • an aqueous silver nitrate solution (containing 41.2 g of AgNO 3 ) and an aqueous KBr solution were added by the double jet method over five minutes. During this addition, the silver potential was maintained at 0 mV with respect to the saturated calomel electrode. After 3.0 ⁇ 10 -4 mol/mol Ag of (NH 4 ) 2 PdCl 4 and 1.5 ⁇ 10 -3 mol/mol Ag of potassium thiocyanate were added, the resultant solution was desalted by a flocculation method, and gelatin was added. Thereafter, a pH and a pAg were adjusted to be 6.9 and 8.0, respectively, to prepare emulsion F.
  • the emulsion F was a monodisperse tabular grain emulsion having an average circle-equivalent diameter of 1.14 ⁇ m, an average thickness of 0.21 ⁇ m, an average aspect ratio of 5.4, and a variation coefficient of a circle-equivalent diameter of 16%.
  • Figs. 4 and 5 show typical photographs of the emulsions E and F, respectively.
  • each emulsion was heated up to 64°C, and 4.3 ⁇ 10 -3 mol/mol Ag of sensitizing Dye-2, 1.3 ⁇ 10 -4 mol/mol Ag of sensitizing Dye-3, 1.8 ⁇ 10 -4 mol/mol Ag of sensitizing dyes Dye-4, 2 ⁇ 10 -4 mol/mol Ag of the above antifoggant II-1, 5.5 ⁇ 10 -6 mol/mol Ag of sodium thiosulfate, 1.0 ⁇ 10 -5 mol/mol Ag of chloroauric acid, and 1.2 ⁇ 10 -3 mol/mol Ag of potassium thiocyanate were sequentially added to the emulsion, thereby optimally performing chemical sensitization.
  • "optimal chemical sensitization” means chemical sensitization in which the highest sensitivity was obtained when exposure was performed for 1/100 second after the chemical sensitization.
  • each emulsion was heated up to 64°C, and 4.3 ⁇ 10 -4 , 1.3 ⁇ 10 -4 , and 1.8 ⁇ 10 -4 mol/mol Ag of the above sensitizing dyes Dye-2, Dye-3, and Dye-4, respectively, 6 ⁇ 10 -4 mol/mol Ag of the antifoggant II-1, 2.0 ⁇ 10 -5 mol/mol Ag of chloroauric acid, 2.4 ⁇ 10 -3 mol/mol Ag of potassium thiocyanate, and 1.1 ⁇ 10 -5 mol/mol Ag of selenourea were sequentially added to the emulsion, thereby optimally performing chemical sensitization.
  • each emulsion was heated up to 64°C, and 4.3 ⁇ 10 -4 , 1.3 ⁇ 10 -4 and 1.8 ⁇ 10 -4 mol/mol Ag of the above sensitizing dyes Dye-2, Dye-3, and Dye-4, respectively, 6 ⁇ 10 -4 mol/mol Ag of the antifoggant II-1, 5.5 ⁇ 10 -6 mol/mol Ag of sodium thiosulfate, 1.8 ⁇ 10 -5 mol/mol Ag of chloroauric acid, 2.4 ⁇ 10 -3 mol/mol Ag of potassium thiocyanate, and 8.3 ⁇ 10 -6 mol/mol Ag of selenourea were sequentially added to the emulsion, thereby optimally performing chemical sensitization.
  • Step Time Temperature Color development 2 min. 00 sec. 40°C Bleach-fixing 3 min. 00 sec. 40°C Washing (1) 20 sec. 35°C Washing (2) 20 sec. 35°C Stabilization 20 sec. 35°C Drying 50 sec. 65°C
  • Tap water was supplied to a mixed-bed column filled with an H type strongly acidic cation exchange resin (Amberlite IR-120B: available from Rohm & House Co.) and an OH type strongly basic anion exchange resin (Amberlite IR-400) to set the concentrations of calcium and magnesium to be 3 mg/l or less. Subsequently, 20 mg/l of sodium isocyanuric acid dichloride and 1.5 g/l of sodium sulfate were added. The pH fell within the range of 3.5 to 7.5.
  • the sensitivity is represented by a relative value of a reciprocal of an exposure amount (lux ⁇ sec.) for giving a density of fog + 0.2.
  • the silver potential was maintained at -60 mV with respect to a saturated calomel electrode.
  • the temperature was decreased to 40°C, and an aqueous silver nitrate solution (containing 3.2 g of AgNO 3 ) and an aqueous KI solution ( containing 2.3 g of KI) were added over five minutes.
  • an aqueous silver nitrate solution containing 22.3 g of AgNO 3
  • an aqueous KBr solution were added by the double jet method over 5.35 minutes.
  • the silver potential was maintained at -100 mV with respect to the saturated calomel electrode.
  • emulsion G was a tabular grain emulsion having an average circle-equivalent diameter of 1.71 ⁇ m, an average thickness of 0.13 ⁇ m, and an average aspect ratio of 13.2. A variation coefficient of a circle-equivalent diameter of the emulsion was 42%.
  • the silver potential was maintained at 0 mV with respect to a saturated calomel electrode.
  • the temperature was decreased to 40°C, and an aqueous silver nitrate solution (containing 3.2 g of AgNO 3 ) and an aqueous KI solution (containing 2.3 g of KI) were added over five minutes.
  • an aqueous silver nitrate solution containing 22.3 g of AgNO 3
  • an aqueous KBr solution were added by the double jet method over 5.35 minutes.
  • the silver potential was maintained at -100 mV with respect to the saturated calomel electrode.
  • emulsion H was a tabular grain emulsion having an average circle-equivalent diameter of 1.42 ⁇ m, an average thickness of 0.21 ⁇ m, and an average aspect ratio of 6.8. A variation coefficient of a circle-equivalent diameter of the emulsion was 24%.
  • a silver potential was maintained at +20 mV with respect to a saturated calomel electrode.
  • the temperature was decreased to 40°C, and an aqueous silver nitrate solution (containing 3.2 g of AgNO 3 ) and an aqueous KI solution (containing 2.3 g of KI) were added over five minutes.
  • an aqueous silver nitrate solution containing 22.3 g of AgNO 3
  • an aqueous KBr solution were added by the double jet method over 5.35 minutes.
  • the silver potential was maintained at -100 mV with respect to the saturated calomel electrode.
  • emulsion I was a tabular grain emulsion having an average circle-equivalent diameter of 1.30 ⁇ m, an average thickness of 0.22 ⁇ m, and an average aspect ratio of 5.9. A variation coefficient of a circle-equivalent diameter of the emulsion was 23%.
  • each emulsion was heated up to 72°C, and 3.3 ⁇ 10 -4 , 3.2 ⁇ 10 -4 , and 1.7 ⁇ 10 -5 mol/mol Ag of sensitizing dyes Dye-5, Dye-6, and Dye-7, respectively, 1 ⁇ 10 -4 mol/mol Ag of the antifoggant V-8 shown in Table B, 3.2 ⁇ 10-6 mol/mol Ag of 5-benzylidene-3-ethylrhodanine, 9.2 ⁇ 10 -6 mol/mol Ag of chloroauric acid, 3.0 ⁇ 10 -3 mol/mol Ag of potassium thiocyanate, and 3 ⁇ 10 -6 mol/mol Ag of selenourea were sequentially added to the emulsion, thereby optimally performing chemical sensitization.
  • "optimal chemical sensitization” means chemical sensitization in which the
  • compositions of Light-Sensitive Layers were coated on undercoated triacetylcellulose film supports, thereby forming samples 301 to 303 as multilayered color light-sensitive materials.
  • Numerals corresponding to the respective components indicate coating amounts in units of g/m 2 .
  • the silver halide is represented by a silver coating amount.
  • a coating amount of the sensitizing dye is represented in units of mols per mol of the silver halide in the same layer.
  • Layer 1 Antihalation Layer Black colloidal silver silver 0.18 Gelatin 1.40
  • Layer 2 Interlayer 2,5-di-t-pentadecylhydroquinone 0.18 EX-1 0.07 EX-3 0.02 EX-12 0.002 U-1 0.06 U-2 0.08 U-3 0.10 HBS-1 0.10 HBS-2 0.02 Gelatin 1.04
  • Layer 3 Donor Layer with Interlayer Effect on Red-Sensitive Layer Emulsion 9 silver 1.2 Emulsion 10 silver 2.0 Sensitizing dye IV 4 ⁇ 10 -4 EX-10 0.10 HBS-1 0.10 HBS-2 0.10 Gelatin 2.82
  • Layer 5 1st Red-Sensitive Emulsion Layer Emulsion 1 silver 0.25 Emulsion 2 silver 0.25 Sensitizing dye I 1.5 ⁇ 10 -4 Sensitizing dye II 1.8 ⁇ 10 -5 Sensitizing dye III 2.5 ⁇ 10 -4 EX-2 0.335 EX-10 0.020 U-1 0.07 U-2 0.05 U-3 0.07 HBS-1 0.060 Gelatin 0.87
  • Emulsions 1-10 used in the samples were as follows.
  • sample 301, 302, and 303 Samples formed by using the emulsions G, H, and I in the layer are referred as sample 301, 302, and 303, respectively. Chemical stractures of the compounds used in the samples 301 to 303 are showed in the Table C.
  • the above color photographic light-sensitive materials 301 to 303 were exposed and processed by using an automatic developing machine (until an accumulated replenishing amount of a bleaching solution was increased to be three times a mother solution tank capacity), as follows. Processing Method Process Time Temperature Replenishing Amount Tank Volume Color development 3 min. 15 sec. 38°C 15 ml 20 l Bleaching 6 min. 30 sec. 38°C 10 ml 40 l Washing 2 min. 10 sec. 35°C 10 ml 20 l Fixing 4 min. 20 sec. 38°C 20 ml 30 l Washing (1) 1 min. 05 sec. 35°C Counter flow piping from (2) to (1) 10 l Washing (2) 1 min. 00 sec. 35°C 20 ml 10 l Stabilization 1 min. 05 sec. 38°C 10 ml 10 l Drying 4 min. 20 sec. 55°C
  • the replenishing amount is represented by an amount per meter of a 35-mm wide sample
  • Bleaching Solution Mother Solution
  • Replenishment Solution g) Ferric sodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate Trihydrate 100.0 140.0 Disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate 10.0 11.0 Ammonium bromide 140.0 180.0 Ammonium nitrate 30.0 40.0 Ammonia water (27%) 6.5 ml 2.5 ml Water to make 1.0 l 1.0 l pH 6.0 5.5
  • Fixing Solution Mother Solution
  • Replenishment Solution (g) Disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate 0.5 1.0 Sodium sulfite 7.0 12.0 Sodium bisulfite 5.0 9.5 Ammonium thiosulfate aqueous solution (70%) 170.0 ml 240.0 ml Water to make 1.0 l 1.0 l pH 6.7 6.6
  • Tap water was supplied to a mixed-bed column filled with an H type strongly acidic cation exchange resin (Amberlite IR-120B: available from Rohm & House Co.) and an OH type strongly basic anion exchange resin (Amberlite IR-400) to set calcium and magnesium ion concentrations to be 3 mg/l or less. Subsequently, 20 mg/l of sodium isocyanuric acid dichloride and 1.5 g/l of sodium sulfate were added. The pH of the solution fell within the range of 6.5 to 7.5.
  • H type strongly acidic cation exchange resin Amberlite IR-120B: available from Rohm & House Co.
  • Amberlite IR-400 OH type strongly basic anion exchange resin
  • the sensitivity is represented by a relative value of a reciprocal of an exposure amount for giving a fogging density and a density higher than the fogging density by 1.0, obtained by the characteristic curve of the cyan image.
  • Table 4 Sample No. Emulsion Aspect Ratio Relative Sensitivity Fog 301 (Present Invention) G 13.2 100 0.18 302 (Present Invention) H 6.8 132 0.16 303 (Present Invention) I 5.9 141 0.14
  • an emulsion having higher sensitivity can be obtained.
  • the present invention can provide a stable emulsion which is low in fog.

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  1. Fotografische Silberhalogenid-Negativemulsion, enthaltend tafelförmige Silberhalogenidkörner aus Silberchloriodbromid, Silberiodbromid oder Silberchlorbromid mit einem mittleren Seitenverhältnis von 3 oder mehr und 10 oder mehr Dislokationslinien pro Korn, die einer chemischen Sensibilisierung mit wenigstens einem Selen-Sensibilisator, wenigstens einem Gold-Sensibilisator und wenigstens einem Schwefel-Sensibilisator unterworfen wurde, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die chemische Sensibilisierung in Gegenwart eines Lösungsmittels für Silberhalogenide in einer Menge von 1 x 10-4 bis 1 x 10-2 Mol pro Mol Silberhalogenid ausgeführt wird, ein Sensibilisierungsfarbstoff vor der chemischen Sensibilisierung zugegeben wird, und dieser Sensibilisierungsfarbstoff ein Farbstoff mit der Formel (I) ist:
    Figure imgb0046
    worin Z1 und Z2 jeweils eine Atomgruppe darstellen, die zur Bildung eines heterocyclischen Kerns erforderlich ist, wobei dieser heterocyclische Kern einen Substituenten enthält, der ausgewählt ist aus der Gruppe, bestehend aus einer Alkylgruppe mit 1 bis 4 Kohlenstoffatomen, einem Halogenatom, einer Phenylgruppe, einer Hydroxygruppe, einer Alkoxygruppe mit 1 bis 4 Kohlenstoffatomen, einer Carboxylgruppe, einer Alkoxycarbonylgruppe, einer Alkylsulfamoylgruppe, einer Alkylcarbamoylgruppe, einer Acetylgruppe, einer Acetoxygruppe, einer Cyanogruppe, einer Trichlormethylgruppe, einer Trifluormethylgruppe und einer Nitrogruppe,
    L1 und L2 jeweils eine unsubstituierte Methingruppe oder eine Methingruppe darstellen, die mit einem Substituenten, ausgewählt aus der Gruppe bestehend aus Methyl, Ethyl, substituiertem Phenyl, Methoxy und Ethoxy, substituiert ist,
    R1 und R2 jeweils eine Alkylgruppe mit 1 bis 5 Kohlenstoffatomen darstellen, die eine Carboxygruppe oder eine Sulfogruppe enthält,
    m1 1, 2 oder 3 ist,
    X1 - eine Säureanionengruppe darstellt, und
    n1 1 oder 2 ist.
  2. Fotografische Silberhalogenid-Negativemulsion gemäss Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Lösungsmittel für das Silberhalogenid ein Thiocyanatsalz ist.
  3. Fotografische Silberhalogenid-Negativemulsion gemäss Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die fotografische Silberhalogenid-Negativemulsion ausserdem eine heterocyclische Verbindung mit wenigstens zwei Aza-Stickstoffatomen und wenigstens einer Mercaptogruppe als Substituentengruppe enthält.
  4. Fotografische Silberhalogenid-Negativemulsion gemäss Anspruch 1, bei der das Lösungsmittel für das Silberhalogenid ein Thiocyanatsalz ist und die dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, dass die fotografische Silberhalogenid-Negativemulsion ausserdem eine heterocyclische Verbindung mit wenigstens zwei Aza-Stickstoffatomen und wenigstens einer Mercaptogruppe als Substituentengruppe enthält.
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