EP0588408B1 - An ascorbic acid type developer with a particular composition - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to the field of photographic developing solutions and more particularly to a photographic developing solution having a particular combination of developing agents.
- aqueous alkaline developer compositions containing a developing agent usually of the dihydroxybenzene type such as hydroquinone.
- US 2,688,549 discloses the combination of a 3-pyrazolidone developing agent and of an ascorbic acid derivative.
- GB 1,266,533 describes the combination of an p-hydroxybenzene developing agent, an ascorbic acid and sulphite ions.
- An equally good developing activity for both surface and internal latent images is claimed in US 3,826,654 which discloses a combination of a 3-pyrazolidone, an ascorbic acid, a heterocyclic thione or thiol and an alkali iodide at a pH of at least 12.
- the use of particular mixtures of two Phenidone type auxiliary developing agents in combination with an ascorbic acid type main developing agent caused substantially less sensitometric deterioration, namely sensitivity and gradation loss, due to pH decrease, than when only one Phenidone type auxiliary developing agent was present.
- the ascorbic acid type developing agent is l-ascorbic acid or iso-ascorbic acid, or a salt thereof
- the mixture of the at least two Phenidone type agents consists of a mixture 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidone (P) and 1-phenyl-4-methyl-3-pyrazolidone (MP).
- Preferred ascorbic acid type developing agents according to general formula (I) for use in accordance with the present invention are l-ascorbic acid and iso-ascorbic acid.
- Other useful compounds include imino-l-ascorbic acid, 6-desoxy-l-ascorbic acid, l-rhamnoascorbic acid, l-fucoascorbic acid, d-glucoheptoascorbic acid, d-glucoascorbic acid, l-erythroascorbic acid, and their stereoisomers.
- the developing agents can be incorporated in the developing solution in the free acid form or as a salt, preferably an alkali salt.
- the ascorbic acid type developing agent is incorporated in the developer in a concentration ranging preferably between 0.1 and 0.6 mole/liter, corresponding to a range between 25 and 100 g/l for ascorbic acid.
- the at least two 3-pyrazolidone type auxiliary agents are chosen from the group consisting of (a) 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidone ("Phenidone", P), (b) 1-phenyl-4-methyl-3-pyrazolidone ("methyl-Phenidone", MP), (c) 1-phenyl-4-methyl-4'-hydroxymethyl-3-pyrazolidone("methyl-hydroxymethyl-Phenidone", MHMP), (d) 1-phenyl-4,4'-dimethyl-3-pyrazolidone ("dimethyl-Phenidone", DMP).
- a mixture of two is chosen and the most preferred choice consists of a mixture of 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidone ("Phenidone", P) and 1-phenyl-4-methyl-3-pyrazolidone ("methyl-Phenidone", MP) as will become clear from the examples.
- P 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidone
- methyl-Phenidone MP
- the preferred concentration of 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidone ranges from 0.1 to 2.0 g/l
- the preferred concentration of 1-phenyl-4-methyl-3-pyrazolidone ranges from 0.1 to 5.5 g/l.
- the developing solution can further contain an anti-fogging agent.
- an anti-fogging agent Many known compounds can be added as fog-inhibiting agent or stabilizer to a processing solution. Suitable examples are e.g. the heterocyclic nitrogen-containing compounds such as benzothiazolium salts, nitroimidazoles, nitrobenzimidazoles, chlorobenzimidazoles, bromobenzimidazoles, mercaptothiazoles, mercaptobenzothiazoles, mercaptobenzimidazoles, mercaptothiadiazoles, aminotriazoles, benzotriazoles (preferably 5-methyl-benzotriazole), nitrobenzotriazoles, mercaptopyrimidines, mercaptotriazines, benzothiazoline-2-thione and oxazoline-thione.
- benzothiazolium salts such as benzothiazolium salts, nitroimidazoles, nitrobenzimidazoles, chlorobenzimidazoles
- triazolopyrimidines such as those described in GB 1,203,757, GB 1,209,146, JA-Appl. 75-39537, and GB 1,500,278 and other compounds such as benzenethiosulphonic acid, benzenethiosulphinic acid and benzenethiosulphonic acid amide compounds.
- a preferred compound for use in accordance with the present invention is 1-phenyl-5-mercaptotetrazole.
- the developing solution according to the present invention preferably further contains a compound providing halide ions as development rate regulator, most preferably sodium or potassium bromide in a concentration between 0.01 and 0.2 mole/liter.
- a compound providing halide ions as development rate regulator, most preferably sodium or potassium bromide in a concentration between 0.01 and 0.2 mole/liter.
- Further sulphite ions can be present as antioxidant preferably as an alkali sulphite in a concentration between 0.1 and 0.8 mole/liter.
- the alkali agent for establishing the start pH of the developer is preferably sodium or potassium hydroxide.
- the developing solution can further contain buffering agents.
- buffering agents include carbonate buffer, phosphate buffer, metaborate buffer, etc.
- concentration of these buffering agents is preferably about 0.4 mole/liter.
- the scope of the present invention further comprises a method for developing an image-wise exposed photographic material by means of the described developing solution.
- the method of the present invention is especially useful when no replenisher solution is present for compensating the pH drop during exhaustive continuous processing.
- a conventional fixing step washing step and drying step are performed.
- an automatically driven processing apparatus is used.
- the silver halide photographic materials which can be processed by the method of the present invention include all kinds of black-and-white materials, e.g. films and papers for amateur photography, films for cinematography, materials for radiographic recording and materials for graphic arts.
- the silver halide emulsions present as photosensitive element in those photographic materials can be of any known halide composition, e.g. bromide, chloride, iodobromide, chlorobromide or chloroiodobromide emulsions.
- the best results with the present invention are however obtained with materials containing emulsions rich in bromide, and more particularly with emulsions containing at least 70 mole % of bromide.
- a silver halide material for microfilm application having a silver halide coverage equivalent to 3.6 g of silver nitrate per sq.m. and containing a 100% silver bromide emulsion with an average grain size of 0.3 ⁇ m was processed in a automatic processor, having a tank solution of 1 liter.
- the decrease in development activity due to the pH decrease on exhaustive processing was simulated by comparing the sensitometry in two solutions, one adjusted to pH 10.5, the other to pH 9.9.
- the development time applied was 20 s and the temperature was kept constant at 38 °C.
- the basic composition of these developer solutions was : Water 600 ml K2SO3 65 g K2CO3 61 g KBr 15 g Ascorbic acid sodium salt 50 g KOH 8.5 g (pH 9.90) or KOH 16.5 g (pH 10.50) Water to make 1 l.
- the goal of the tests described in this example was to optimize the ratio of the amounts of P and MP, which proved to be the best combination according to example 1.
- the microfilm material used was similar as the one used in example 1.
- the basic composition of the developing solutions was the same as the composition of example 1. Table 2 shows the results of using different ratio's of P and MP.
- Table 2 shows that several ratio's of P and MP gave good results, namely low decrease of sensitivity and toe gradation for a change of pH from 10.50 to 9.90.
- Table 5 shows the effects of these compounds and of their combinations on the change in sensitivity (DSENS, measured at density 1.1 + Dmin), on the change of gradation in the toe of the sensitometric curve (DGRAD t , measured between densities 0.1 + Dmin and 1.1 + Dmin) and on the change of gradation (DGRAD, measured between densities 0.5 + Dmin and 1.5 + Dmin) when changing the pH from 10.5 to 9.9.
Description
surface-active agents, biocides, thickening agents like polystyrene sulphonate and antioxidants like benzoate and cyclodextrine. The developing liquid can contain so-called anti-sludge agents in order to reduce dirt streaks on developed photographic material. Finally the solution can contain development accelerating agents like polyalkyleneoxides and alkanolamines and hardening agents including latent hardeners.
Water | 600 ml |
K2SO3 | 65 g |
K2CO3 | 61 g |
KBr | 15 g |
Ascorbic acid sodium salt | 50 g |
KOH | 8.5 g (pH 9.90) |
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KOH | 16.5 g (pH 10.50) |
Water to make | 1 l. |
P | MP | MHMP | pH=10.50 | PH=9.90 | pH 10.5→9.9 | |||
(g/l) | (g/l) | (g/l) | SENS | GRADt | SENS | GRADt | DSENS | DGRADt |
0.5 | - | - | 125 | 1.86 | 116 | 1.71 | -9 | -0.15 |
1.5 | - | - | 139 | 1.95 | 130 | 1.76 | -9 | -0.19 |
- | 1 | - | 133 | 1.96 | 114 | 1.61 | -19 | -0.35 |
- | 2.5 | - | 144 | 1.92 | 134 | 1.82 | -10 | -0.10 |
- | - | 2 | 132 | 1.92 | 117 | 1.64 | -15 | -0.28 |
- | - | 4 | 140 | 1.94 | 132 | 1.81 | -8 | -0.13 |
0.5 | 1 | - | 136 | 2.04 | 132 | 1.93 | -4 | -0.11 |
1.5 | 2.5 | - | 141 | 1.96 | 139 | 1.92 | -2 | -0.04 |
0.5 | - | 2 | 138 | 1.96 | 126 | 1.81 | -12 | -0.15 |
1.5 | - | 4 | 145 | 1.95 | 139 | 1.89 | -6 | -0.06 |
- | 1 | 2 | 137 | 1.95 | 128 | 1.81 | -9 | -0.14 |
- | 2.5 | 4 | 149 | 1.92 | 138 | 1.81 | -11 | -0.11 |
P | MP | pH=10.50 | PH=9.90 | pH 10.5->9.9 | |||
(g/l) | (g/l) | SENS | GRADt | SENS | GRADt | DSENS | DGRADt |
0.5 | 1.0 | 138 | 1.93 | 127 | 1.77 | -11 | -0.16 |
0.5 | 1.5 | 142 | 1.92 | 133 | 1.81 | -9 | -0.11 |
0.5 | 2.0 | 141 | 1.91 | 138 | 1.88 | -3 | -0.03 |
1.0 | 1.0 | 143 | 1.95 | 134 | 1.81 | -9 | -0.14 |
1.0 | 1.5 | 145 | 1.95 | 136 | 1.84 | -9 | -0.11 |
1.0 | 2.0 | 145 | 1.94 | 140 | 1.89 | -5 | -0.05 |
1.5 | 1.0 | 145 | 1.94 | 138 | 1.86 | -7 | -0.08 |
1.5 | 1.5 | 147 | 1.95 | 141 | 1.91 | -6 | -0.04 |
1.5 | 2.0 | 147 | 1.94 | 142 | 1.89 | -5 | -0.05 |
2.0 | 2.5 | 149 | 1.89 | 141 | 1.85 | -8 | -0.04 |
time (s) | DSENS | DGRADt | DGRAD | |
1.5 g/l P | 14 | -10.0 | -0.18 | -0.315 |
18 | -6.0 | -0.13 | -0.15 | |
22 | -8.5 | -0.13 | -0.14 | |
26 | -4.5 | -0.08 | -0.16 | |
30 | -3.5 | -0.11 | -0.11 | |
0.5 g/l P + 1 g/l MP | 14 | -9.0 | -0.145 | -0.27 |
18 | -1.0 | -0.2 | +0.015 | |
22 | -1.5 | -0.03 | +0.04 | |
26 | -1.0 | -0.07 | +0.04 | |
30 | -1.5 | -0.08 | +0.07 |
m2/l | Dmin | SENS | GRADt | |
Developer 1: 0.5 g/l P 2 g/l MP | 0 | 8 | 135 | 1.81 |
3 | 8 | 134 | 1.77 | |
6 | 8 | 131 | 1.76 | |
9 | 8 | 120 | 1.58 | |
Developer 2: 2.35 g/l P | 0 | 9 | 139 | 1.79 |
3 | 9 | 131 | 1.63 | |
6 | 9 | 126 | 1.59 | |
9 | 10 | 121 | 1.53 | |
Developer 3: 2.55 g/l MP | 0 | 11 | 138 | 1.74 |
3 | 10 | 128 | 1.65 | |
6 | 10 | 122 | 1.56 | |
9 | 9 | 113 | 1.43 |
P (g/l) | DMP (g/l) | DSENS | DGRADt | DGRAD |
0.5 | 0 | - 4.5 | - 12.5 | - 13 |
1.5 | 0 | - 5.5 | - 6.5 | - 8 |
0 | 0.5 | - 11.5 | - 14.5 | - 7.5 |
0 | 1 | - 13 | - 20 | - 20.5 |
0.5 | 0.5 | - 4 | - 7 | - 4 |
0.5 | 1 | - 4.5 | - 5 | - 2 |
1.5 | 0.5 | - 2.5 | - 13.5 | - 15 |
1.5 | 1 | - 2 | - 1.5 | - 0.5 |
Claims (8)
- Photographic developing solution comprising :(1) an ascorbic acid type developing agent corresponding to general formula (I), or a salt of it : whereinX represents an oxygen atom or an imino group, andn represents a positive integer from 1 to 4, andR represents a hydroxy group when n is 1, and R represents a hydroxy group or a hydrogen atom when n is 2 to 4.(2) a mixture of at least two 3-pyrazolidone type developing agents chosen from the group consisting of :(a) 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidone,(b) 1-phenyl-4-methyl-3-pyrazolidone,(c) 1-phenyl-4-methyl-4'-hydroxymethyl-3-pyrazolidone,(d) 1-phenyl-4,4'-dimethyl-3-pyrazolidone.
- Developing solution according to claim 1 wherein said ascorbic acid type developing agent is l-ascorbic acid or iso-ascorbic acid or a salt thereof.
- Developing solution according to claim 1 or 2 wherein said ascorbic acid type developing agent is present in a concentration between 0.1 and 0.6 mole/l.
- Developing solution according to any of claims 1 to 3 wherein said mixture of at least two 3-pyrazolidone type developing agents is a mixture of 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidone and of 1-phenyl-4-methyl-3-pyrazolidone.
- Developing solution according to claim 4 wherein said 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidone is present in a concentration between 0.1 and 2.0 g/l, and said 1-phenyl-4-methyl-3-pyrazolidone is present in a concentration between 0.1 and 5.5 g/l.
- Method for developing an image-wise exposed photographic material, comprising a support and a silver halide emulsion layer, by means of a developer solution according to any of claims 1 to 5.
- Method according to claim 6 wherein there is no replenisher for said developing solution.
- Method according to claim 6 or 7 wherein the silver halide emulsion, present in said silver halide layer, contains at least 70 mole % of bromide.
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