EP0642056A2 - Photothermographische Elemente - Google Patents

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EP0642056A2
EP0642056A2 EP94305410A EP94305410A EP0642056A2 EP 0642056 A2 EP0642056 A2 EP 0642056A2 EP 94305410 A EP94305410 A EP 94305410A EP 94305410 A EP94305410 A EP 94305410A EP 0642056 A2 EP0642056 A2 EP 0642056A2
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  • the invention relates to a photothermographic silver halide material and.method for producing in such a material improved fog stability on shelf aging by incorporating dithioethers with two or more terminal hydroxy groups.
  • Silver halide photothermographic imaging materials often referred to as "dry silver" compositions because no liquid development is necessary to produce the final image, have been known in the art for many years. These imaging materials basically comprise a light insensitive, reducible silver source, a light sensitive material which generates silver when irradiated, and a reducing agent for the silver source.
  • the light sensitive material is generally photographic silver halide which must be in catalytic proximity to the light insensitive silver source. Catalytic proximity is an intimate physical association of these two materials so that when silver specks or nuclei are generated by the irradiation or light exposure of the photographic silver halide, those nuclei are able to catalyze the reduction of the silver source by the reducing agent.
  • silver is a catalyst for the reduction of silver ions and the silver-generating light sensitive silver halide catalyst progenitor may be placed into catalytic proximity with the silver source in a number of different fashions, such as partial metathesis of the silver source with a halogen-containing source (e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 3,457,075), coprecipitation of the silver halide and silver source material (e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 3,839,049), and any other method which intimately associates the silver halide and the silver source.
  • a halogen-containing source e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 3,457,075
  • coprecipitation of the silver halide and silver source material e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 3,839,049
  • Photothermographic emulsions in a manner similar to photographic emulsions and other light sensitive systems, tend to suffer from fog. Fog is spurious image density which appears in unexposed areas of the element and is often reported in semitometric results as D min .
  • Traditionally, photothermographic materials have suffered from fog instability on shelf aging. The fog level rises steadily as the materials reach extended age such as one year at room temperature (ambient conditions). Adding to the difficulty of fog control on shelf aging is the fact that the developer is incorporated in the photothermographic element, which is not the case in most silver halide photographic systems. The need for shelf life extenders in photothermographic elements is therefore considered to be very important.
  • the fog level of freshly prepared photothermographic materials will be referred to as initial fog.
  • a great deal of effort has been directed towards minimizing the initial fog and stabilizing the fog level on shelf aging.
  • Mercuric salts are described as antifoggants in U.S. Pat. No. 3,589,903.
  • Fog reduction has been described for organic carboxylic acids such as benzoic and phthalic acids in U.S. Pat. No. 4,152,160, for benzoyl benzoic acid compounds in U.S. Pat. No. 4,784,939, for indane or tetralin carboxylic acids in U.S. Pat. No. 4,569,906, for dicarboxylic acids in U.S. Pat. No.
  • Halogenated compounds have also been shown to be strong antifoggants and are described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,546,075, 4,756,999, 4,452,885, 3,874,946 and 3,955,982.
  • Halogen molecules or halogen molecules associated with a heteroatom ring are also useful antifoggants and are described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,028,523.
  • Other materials finding applications as photothermographic antifoggants include palladium compounds found in U.S. Pat. No. 4,102,312 and G.B. Pat. No. 1,502,670; iron group metals found in U.S. Pat. No.
  • the generation of fog, in particular on shelf aging, in photothermographic elements comprising photosensitive silver halide, organic silver salt oxidizing agent and reducing agent for silver ion can be reduced by the addition of a dithioether with two or more terminal hydroxy groups as defined by formula (I).
  • the organic linking groups may be alkyl, aryl, alkene, heteroaromatic or mixed groups (e.g. arylalkyl groups).
  • the aryl or heteroaromatic ring may also carry substituents being selected from the class consisting of halogen (e.g., Br and Cl), hydroxy, amino, carboxy, alkyl and alkoxy.
  • substituents being selected from the class consisting of halogen (e.g., Br and Cl), hydroxy, amino, carboxy, alkyl and alkoxy.
  • alkyl group includes ether groups (e.g., CH3-CH2-CH2-O-CH2-), haloalkyls, nitroalkyls, carboxyalkyls, hydroxyalkyls, sulfoalkyls, etc. while the term alkyl includes only hydrocarbons. Substituents which react with active ingredients, such as very strongly electrophilic or oxidizing substituents, would of course be excluded as not being inert or harmless.
  • dithioethers with two or more terminal hydroxy groups are set forth below, but the present invention should not be construed as being limited thereto.
  • the antifoggants are used in a general amount of at least 0.001 moles per mole of silver. Usually the range is between 0.01 and 5 moles of the compounds per mole of silver and preferably between 0.02 and 0.6 moles of compounds per mole of silver.
  • the photothermographic emulsions of this invention may be constructed of one or more layers on a substrate.
  • Single layer constructions must contain the silver source material, the silver halide, the developer and binder as well as optional additional materials such as toners, coating aids, and other adjuvants.
  • Two-layer constructions must contain the silver source and silver halide in one emulsion layer (usually the layer adjacent to the substrate) and some of the other ingredients in the second layer or both layers, although two layer constructions comprising a single emulsion layer containing all the ingredients and a protective topcoat are envisioned.
  • Multicolor photothermographic constructions may contain sets of these bilayers for each color, or they may contain all ingredients within a single layer as described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,708,928. In the case of multilayer multicolor photothermographic articles the various emulsion layers are generally maintained distinct from each other by the use of functional or non-functional barrier layers between the various photosensitive layers as described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,460
  • mercury (II) salts While not necessary for practice of the present invention, it may be advantageous to add mercury (II) salts to the emulsion layer(s) as an antifoggant.
  • Preferred mercury (II) salts for this purpose are mercuric acetate and mercuric bromide.
  • the light sensitive silver halide used in the present invention may typically be employed in a range of 0.75 to 25 mol percent and, preferably, from 2 to 20 mol percent of organic silver salt.
  • the silver halide may be any photosensitive silver halide such as silver bromide, silver iodide, silver chloride, silver bromoiodide, silver chlorobromoiodide, silver chlorobromide, etc.
  • the silver halide may be in any form which is photosensitive including, but not limited to cubic, orthorhombic, tabular, tetrahedral, etc., and may have epitaxial growth of crystals thereon.
  • the silver halide used in the present invention may be employed without modification. However, it may be chemically sensitized with a chemical sensitizing agent such as a compound containing sulfur, selenium or tellurium etc., or a compound containing gold, platinum, palladium, rhodium or iridium, etc., a reducing agent such as a tin halide, etc., or a combination thereof.
  • a chemical sensitizing agent such as a compound containing sulfur, selenium or tellurium etc., or a compound containing gold, platinum, palladium, rhodium or iridium, etc.
  • a reducing agent such as a tin halide, etc.
  • the silver halide may be added to the emulsion layer in any fashion which places it in catalytic proximity to the silver source.
  • Silver halide and the organic silver salt which are separately formed or "preformed” in a binder can be mixed prior to use to prepare a coating solution, but it is also effective to blend both of them in a ball mill for a long period of time. Further, it is effective to use a process which comprises adding a halogen-containing compound in the organic silver salt prepared to partially convert the silver of the organic silver salt to silver halide.
  • preformed silver halide emulsions of this invention can be unwashed or washed to remove soluble salts.
  • the soluble salts can be removed by chill-setting and leaching or the emulsion can be coagulation washed, e.g., by the procedures described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,618,556; 2,614,928; 2,565,418; 3,241,969; and 2,489,341.
  • the silver halide grains may have any crystalline habit including, but not limited to cubic, tetrahedral, orthorhombic, tabular, laminar, platelet, etc.
  • the organic silver salt may be any organic material which contains a reducible source of silver ions.
  • Silver salts of organic acids particularly long chain (10 to 30 preferably 15 to 28 carbon atoms) fatty carboxylic acids are preferred.
  • Complexes of organic or inorganic silver salts wherein the ligand has a gross stability constant between 4.0 and 10.0 are also desirable.
  • the silver source material should preferably constitute from about 5 to 30 percent by weight of the imaging layer.
  • the organic silver salt which can be used in the present invention is a silver salt which is comparatively stable to light, but forms a silver image when heated to 80°C or higher in the presence of an exposed photocatalyst (such as photographic silver halide) and a reducing agent.
  • Preferred organic silver salts include silver salts of organic compounds having a carboxy group.
  • Non-limiting examples thereof include silver salts of an aliphatic carboxylic acid and a silver salt of an aromatic carboxylic acid.
  • Preferred examples of the silver salts of aliphatic carboxylic acids include silver behenate, silver stearate, silver oleate, silver laurate, silver caproate, silver myristate, silver palmitate, silver maleate, silver fumarate, silver tartrate, silver linoleate, silver butyrate and silver camphorate, mixtures thereof, etc.
  • Silver salts with a halogen atom or a hydroxyl on the aliphatic carboxylic acid can also be effectively used.
  • Preferred examples of the silver salts of aromatic carboxylic acids and other carboxyl group-containing compounds include silver benzoate, a silver substituted benzoate such as silver 3,5-dihydroxybenzoate, silver o -methylbenzoate, silver m -methylbenzoate, silver p -methylbenzoate, silver 2,4-dichlorobenzoate, silver acetamidobenzoate, silver p -phenyl benzoate, etc., silver gallate, silver tannate, silver phthalate, silver terephthalate, silver salicylate, silver phenylacetate, silver pyromellitate, a silver salt of 3-carboxymethyl-4-methyl-4-thiazoline-2-thione or the like as described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,785,830, and silver salt of an aliphatic carboxylic acid containing a thioether group as described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,330,663, etc.
  • Silver salts of compounds containing mercapto or thione groups and derivatives thereof can also be used.
  • Preferred examples of these compounds include a silver salt of 3-mercapto-4-phenyl-1,2,4-triazole, a silver salt of 2-mercaptobenzimidazole, a silver salt of 2-mercapto-5-aminothiadiazole, a silver salt of 2-(ethylglycolamido)benzothiazole, a silver salt of thioglycolic acid such as a silver salt of an S -alkyl thioglycolic acid (wherein the alkyl group has from 12 to 22 carbon atoms), a silver salt of a dithiocarboxylic acid such as a silver salt of dithioacetic acid, a silver salt of a thioamide, a silver salt of 5-carboxylic-1-methyl-2-phenyl-4-thiopyridine, a silver salt of mercaptotriazine, a silver salt of 2-mer
  • a silver salt of 1,2,4-mercaptotriazole derivative such as a silver salt of 3-amino-5-benzylthio-1,2,4-triazole
  • a silver salt of a thione compound such as a silver salt of 3-(2-carboxyethyl)-4-methyl-4-thiazoline-2-thione as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,301,678.
  • a silver salt of a compound containing an imino group may be used.
  • Preferred examples of these compounds include silver salts of benzotriazole and derivatives thereof, for example, silver salts of benzotriazoles such as silver methylbenzotriazolate, etc., silver salt of halogen-substituted benzotriazoles, such as silver 5-chlorobenzotriazolate, etc., silver salts of carboimidobenzotriazole, etc., silver salt of 1,2,4-triazoles or 1- H -tetrazoles as described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,220,709, silver salts of imidazoles and imidazole derivatives, and the like.
  • Various silver acetylide compounds can also be used, for instance, as described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,761,361 and 4,775,613.
  • silver half soaps of which an equimolar blend of silver behenate and behenic acid, prepared by precipitation from aqueous solution of the sodium salt of commercial behenic acid and analyzing about 14.5 percent silver, represents a preferred example.
  • Transparent sheet materials made on transparent film backing require a transparent coating and for this purpose the silver behenate full soap, containing not more than about four or five percent of free behenic acid and analyzing about 25.2 percent silver may be used.
  • the light-sensitive silver halides may be advantageously spectrally sensitized with various known dyes including cyanine, merocyanine, styryl, hemicyanine, oxonol, hemioxonol and xanthene dyes.
  • Useful cyanine dyes include those having a basic nucleus, such as a thiazoline nucleus, an oxazoline nucleus, a pyrroline nucleus, a pyridine nucleus, an oxazole nucleus, a thiazole nucleus, a selenazole nucleus and an imidazole nucleus.
  • Useful merocyanine dyes which are preferred include those having not only the above described basic nuclei but also acid nuclei, such as a thiohydantoin nucleus, a rhodanine nucleus, an oxazolidinedione nucleus, a thiazolidinedione nucleus, a barbituric acid nucleus, a thiazolinone nucleus, a malononitrile nucleus and a pyrazolone nucleus.
  • acid nuclei such as a thiohydantoin nucleus, a rhodanine nucleus, an oxazolidinedione nucleus, a thiazolidinedione nucleus, a barbituric acid nucleus, a thiazolinone nucleus, a malononitrile nucleus and a pyrazolone nucleus.
  • imino groups or carboxyl groups are particularly effective.
  • the sensitizing dyes to be used in the present invention may be properly selected from known dyes such as those described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,761,279, 3,719,495, and 3,877,943, British Pat. Nos. 1,466,201, 1,469,117 and 1,422,057, and can be located in the vicinity of the photocatalyst according to known methods.
  • Spectral sensitizing dyes may be typically used in amounts of about 10 ⁇ 4 mol to about 1 mol per 1 mol of silver halide.
  • the reducing agent for the organic silver salt may be any material, preferably organic material, that can reduce silver ion to metallic silver.
  • Conventional photographic developers such as phenidone, hydroquinones, and catechol are useful but hindered phenol reducing agents are preferred.
  • the reducing agent should be present as 1 to 10 percent by weight of the imaging layer. In multilayer constructions, if the reducing agent is added to a layer other than an emulsion layer, slightly higher proportions, of from about 2 to 15 percent tend to be more desirable.
  • amidoximes such as phenylamidoxime, 2-thienylamidoxime and p -phenoxyphenylamidoxime, azines (e.g., 4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxybenzaldehydeazine); a combination of aliphatic carboxylic acid aryl hydrazides and ascorbic acid, such as 2,2'-bis(hydroxymethyl)propionyl- ⁇ -phenylhydrazide in combination with ascorbic acid; a combination of polyhydroxybenzene and hydroxylamine, a reductone and/or a hydrazine (e.g., a combination of hydroquinone and bis(ethoxyethyl)hydroxylamine, piperidinohexose reductone or formyl-4-methylphenylhydrazine); hydroxamic acids such as phenylhydroxamic acid, p -hydroxyphenylhydroxamic acid, and
  • Toners additives known as "toners” that improve the image.
  • Toner materials may be present, for example, in amounts from 0.1 to 10 percent by weight of all silver bearing components. Toners are well known materials in the photothermographic art as shown in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,080,254; 3,847,612 and 4,123,282.
  • toners examples include phthalimide and N -hydroxyphthalimide; cyclic imides such as succinimide, pyrazoline-5-ones, and a quinazolinone, 3-phenyl-2-pyrazoline-5-one, 1-phenylurazole, quinazoline, and 2,4-thiazolidinedione; naphthalimides (e.g., N -hydroxy-1,8-naphthalimide); cobalt complexes (e.g., cobaltic hexammine trifluoroacetate); mercaptans as illustrated by 3-mercapto-1,2,4-triazole, 2,4-dimercaptopyrimidine, 3-mercapto-4,5-diphenyl-1,2,4-triazole and 2,5-dimercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazole; N -(aminomethyl)aryldicarboximides, (e.g., ( N,N -dimethylaminomethyl)phthalimide, and N
  • a number of methods are known in the art for obtaining color images with dry silver systems including: a combination of silver benzotriazole, well known magenta, yellow and cyan dye-forming couplers, aminophenol developing agents, a base release agent such as guanidinium trichloroacetate and silver bromide in poly(vinyl butyral) as described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,847,188 and 5,064,742; preformed dye release systems such as those described in U.S. Pat. No.
  • Emulsions of the invention can contain plasticizers and lubricants such as polyalcohols (e.g., glycerin and diols of the type described in U.S. Pat. No. 2,960,404); fatty acids or esters such as those described in U.S. Pat. No. 2,588,765 and U.S. Pat. No. 3,121,060; and silicone resins such as those described in British Pat. No. 955,061.
  • polyalcohols e.g., glycerin and diols of the type described in U.S. Pat. No. 2,960,404
  • fatty acids or esters such as those described in U.S. Pat. No. 2,588,765 and U.S. Pat. No. 3,121,060
  • silicone resins such as those described in British Pat. No. 955,061.
  • the emulsions of the present invention may contain additional stabilizers and antifoggants known in the photothermographic art. These may be primary stabilizers and antifoggants or post-processing stabilizers. Amongst the preferred antifoggants are organic compounds having trihalogented and especially tribromomethyl groups. These are often aryl(aromatic) nuclei having the halogenated group either directly attached to the aromatic nucleus or attached through a bridging group (e.g., sulfonyl). Other useful antifoggants include isocyanates, vinyl sulfones, and beta-halogenated sulfones.
  • the photothermographic elements of the present invention may include image dye stabilizers.
  • image dye stabilizers are illustrated by British Pat. No. 1,326,889; U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,432,300; 3,698,909; 3,574,627; 3,573,050; 3,764,337 and 4,042,394.
  • Photothermographic elements containing emulsion layers according to the present invention can be used in photographic elements which contain light absorbing materials and filter dyes such as those described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,253,921; 2,274,782; 2,527,583 and 2,956,879. If desired, the dyes can be mordanted, for example, as described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,282,699.
  • Photothermographic elements containing emulsion layers as described herein can contain matting agents such as starch, titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, silica, polymeric beads including beads of the type described in U.S. Pat. No. 2,992,101 and U.S. Pat. No. 2,701,245.
  • matting agents such as starch, titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, silica, polymeric beads including beads of the type described in U.S. Pat. No. 2,992,101 and U.S. Pat. No. 2,701,245.
  • Emulsions in accordance with this invention can be used in photothermographic elements which contain antistatic or conducting layers, such as layers that comprise soluble salts (e.g., chlorides, nitrates, etc.), evaporated metal layers, ionic polymers such as those described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,861,056 and 3,206,312 or insoluble inorganic salts such as those described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,428,451.
  • soluble salts e.g., chlorides, nitrates, etc.
  • evaporated metal layers ionic polymers such as those described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,861,056 and 3,206,312 or insoluble inorganic salts such as those described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,428,451.
  • the binder may be selected from any of the well-known natural or synthetic resins such as gelatin, polyvinyl acetals, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinyl acetate, cellulose acetate, polyolefins, polyesters, polystyrene, polyacrylonitrile, polycarbonates, and the like. Copolymers and terpolymers are of course included in these definitions.
  • the preferred photothermographic silver containing polymers are polyvinyl butyral, ethyl cellulose, methacrylate copolymers, maleic anhydride ester copolymers, polystyrene, and butadiene-styrene copolymers.
  • these polymers may be used in combinations of two or more thereof.
  • Such a polymer is used in an amount sufficient to carry the components dispersed therein, that is, within the effective range of the action as the binder.
  • the effective range can be appropriately determined by one skilled in the art.
  • a preferable ratio of the binder to the organic silver salt ranges from 15:1 to 1:2, and particularly from 8:1 to 1:1.
  • Photothermographic emulsions containing a stabilizer according to the present invention may be coated on a wide variety of supports.
  • Typical supports include polyester film, subbed polyester film, poly(ethylene terephthalate)film, cellulose nitrate film, cellulose ester film, poly(vinyl acetal) film, polycarbonate film and related or resinous materials, as well as glass, paper, metal and the like.
  • a flexible support is employed, especially a paper support, which may be partially acetylated or coated with baryta and/or an ⁇ -olefin polymer, particularly a polymer of an ⁇ -olefin containing 2 to 10 carbon atoms such as polyethylene, polypropylene, ethylene-butene copolymers and the like. Substrates may be transparent or opaque.
  • Substrates with a backside resistive heating layer may also be used in photothermographic imaging systems such as shown in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,460,681 and 4,374,921.
  • Photothermographic emulsions of this invention can be coated by various coating procedures including dip coating, air knife coating, curtain coating, or extrusion coating using hoppers of the type described in U.S. Pat. No. 2,681,294. If desired, two or more layers may be coated simultaneously by the procedures described in U.S. Pat. No. 2,761,791 and British Pat. No. 837,095.
  • Additional layers may be incorporated into photothermographic articles of the present invention such as dye receptive layers for receiving a mobile dye image, an opacifying layer when reflection prints are desired, a protective topcoat layer and a primer layer as is known in the photothermographic art. Additionally, it may be desirable in some instances to coat different emulsion layers on both sides of a transparent substrate, especially when it is desirable to isolate the imaging chemistries of the different emulsion layers.
  • a specific example was the addition of 2,5-dimercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazole, dipotassium salt to 2-chloroethanol using ethanol as solvent. This solution was refluxed for 36 hours and filtered to remove sodium chloride. The ethanol was removed by evaporation to leave the crude product AF-7. The crude product was then recrystallized from ethyl acetate.
  • a silver halide-silver behenate dry soap was prepared by the procedures described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,839,049.
  • the silver halide totalled 9% of the total silver while silver behenate comprised 91% of the total silver.
  • the silver halide was a 0.055 micron silver bromoiodide emulsion with 2% iodide.
  • a photothermographic emulsion was prepared by homogenizing 300 g of the silver halide-silver behenate dry soap described above with 525 g toluene, 1675 g 2-butanone and 50 g poly(vinylbutyral) (B-76, Monsanto).
  • the homogenized photothermographic emulsion (500 g) was cooled to 55°F with stirring. Additional poly(vinylbutyral) (58.5 g B-76) was added and stirred for 20 minutes. Pyridinium hydrobromide perbromide (PHP, 0.45 g) was added and stirred for 2 hours. The addition of 3.25 ml of a calcium bromide solution (1 g of CaBr2 and 10 ml of methanol) was followed by 30 minutes of stirring.
  • PGP Pyridinium hydrobromide perbromide
  • the photothermographic emulsion was split into 35 g portions at this stage for the various coating trials.
  • the photothermographic emulsion was coated on 3 mil (0.76 x 10 ⁇ 4m) polyester base by means of a knife coater and dried at 175°F for four minutes.
  • the dry coating weight was 19 g/m2.
  • An active, protective topcoat solution was prepared with the following ingredients: 256.0 g acetone 123.0 g 2-butanone 50.0 g methanol 20.2 g cellulose acetate (CA 398-6, Eastman Kodak) 2.89 g phthalazine 1.52 g 4-methylphthalic acid 1.01 g tetrachlorophthalic acid 1.50 g tetrachlorophthalic anhydride
  • the resulting composition was divided into 20 g portions. Each 20 g portion of topcoat was just sufficient to coat a 35 g aliquot of the silver formula described previously.
  • the antifoggant (AF-1) and vinyl sulfone (VS) were added as solids to 20 g aliquots of topcoat solution.
  • the topcoat solutions were coated over the silver layer at a dry weight of 3.0 g/m2. The layer was dried at 175°F for four minutes.
  • the coated materials were then exposed with a laser sensitometer incorporating a 780 nm diode. After exposure, the film strips were processed at 260°F for ten seconds. The images obtained were evaluated by a densitometer. Sensitometric results include D min , D max , speed (relative speed at a density of 1.0 above D min versus a control without additive set at 100) and average contrast (Cont, measured as the slope of the line joining density points of 0.25 and 2.0 above D min ). The sensitometry was evaluated shortly after coating (initial) and after shelf aging at room temperature.
  • AF-1 3,6-Dithia-1,8-octanediol
  • Table 1 The results are compiled in Table 1 and show that 3,6-Dithia-1,8-octanediol (AF-1) is an effective antifoggant and can greatly reduce the fog increase that occurs during shelf aging for these infrared sensitized photothermographic materials. Contrast retention on shelf aging was also improved by AF-1 (example A versus 2, 3 and 4).
  • Table 1 also includes a combination of 3,6-Dithia-1,8-octanediol (AF-1) with a vinyl sulfone. This combination may lead to further improvements in shelf aging of photothermographic materials.
  • AF-1 3,6-Dithia-1,8-octanediol
  • a silver halide-silver behenate dry soap was prepared by the procedures described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,839,049.
  • the silver halide totalled 9% of the total silver while silver behenate comprised 91% of the total silver.
  • the silver halide was a 0.065 micron silver bromide emulsion.
  • a photothermographic emulsion was prepared by homogenizing 300 g of the silver halide-silver behenate dry soap described above with 525 g toluene, 1675 g 2-butanone and 50 g poly(vinylbutyral) (B-76, Monsanto).
  • the photothermographic emulsion was split into 40 g portions at this stage for the various coating trials.
  • the photothermographic emulsion was coated on 3 mil (0.76 x 10 ⁇ 4m) polyester base by means of a knife coater and dried at 175°F for four minutes.
  • the dry coating weight was 23 g/m2.
  • An active, protective topcoat solution was prepared with the following ingredients: 256.0 g acetone 123.0 g 2-butanone 50.0 g methanol 20.2 g cellulose acetate (CA 398-6, Eastman Kodak) 2.89 g phthalazine 1.52 g 4-methylphthalic acid 1.01 g tetrachlorophthalic acid 0.90 g tetrabromophthalic anhydride 1.50 g tetrachlorophthalic anhydride 2.25 g 2-(tribromomethylsulfone)benzothiazole
  • the resulting composition was divided into 20 g portions. Each 20 g portion of topcoat was just sufficient to coat a 40 g aliquot of the silver formula described previously.
  • the dithioethers, AF-2 and AF-3, were added to 20 g aliquots of topcoat solution.
  • the topcoat solutions were coated over the silver layer at a dry weight of 3.0 g/m2. the layer was dried at 165°F for four minutes.
  • the coated materials were then exposed with a laser sensitometer incorporating a 780 nm diode. After exposure, the film strips were processed at 260°F for ten seconds. The images obtained were evaluated by a densitometer. Sensitometric results include D min , D max , speed (relative speed at a density of 1.0 above D min versus a control without additive set at 100) and average contrast (Cont, measured as the slope of the line joining density points of 0.25 and 2.0 above D min ). The sensitometry was evaluated shortly after coating and after accelerated (Accel.) aging for seven days at 120°F and 50% RH.
  • a photothermographic emulsion was prepared by combining 412 g of a silver behenate full soap dispersion (converted to 26% silver by weight) with the following ingredients, each added in its listed order with mixing: 80.0 g 2-butanone 1.08 g N-methylpyrrolidone 10.8 ml of ZnBr2 solution (10 g ZnBr2 and 100 ml of methanol) The mixture was held for 4 hours before adding the following: 7.2 g poly(vinylbutyral) B-76 5.2 ml pyridine solution (3.6 g pyridine and 71 g 2-butanone) 55.0 g poly(vinylbutyral) B-76 9.2 ml NBS solution (0.67 g N-bromosuccinimide and 40 g 2-butanone) The mixture was held overnight before adding the following: 12.6 g 2,2'-methylenebis(4-ethyl-6
  • the resulting composition was divided into portions and coated on clear 3 mil (0.76 x 10 ⁇ 4m) polyester by means of a knife coater and dried at 185°F for three minutes.
  • the dry coating weight was 17 g/m2.
  • An active, protective topcoat solution was prepared with the following ingredients: 224.0 g 2-butanone 33.3 g acetone 13.8 g methanol 20.7 g cellulose acetate (CA 398-6, Eastman Kodak) 2.64 g phthalazine 1.86 g 4-methylphthalic acid 1.23 g tetrachlorophthalic anhydride 0.57 g tetrachlorophthalic acid
  • the resulting topcoat solution was divided into portions.
  • the antifoggants were added to the coatings in the dry weights listed in Table 3.
  • the topcoat solutions were coated over the silver layer at a dry weight of 2.7 g/m2 and dried at 185°F for three minutes.
  • the coated material was exposed on an EG&G sensitometer with a 10 ⁇ 3 second flash through a filter simulating a P-31 phosphor output.
  • the film strips were processed at 260°F for ten seconds.
  • the images obtained were evaluated by a densitometer.
  • Sensitometric results include Dmin, Dmax, Speed (relative speed at a density of 1.0 above Dmin versus a control without additive set at 100) and average contrast (Cont, measured from a density of 0.25 to 2.0 above Dmin). Sensitometry was also evaluated after shelf aging at room temperature.
  • the antifoggants were also evaluated when added to the photothermographic emulsion.
  • a silver halide-silver behenate dry soap was prepared by the procedures described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,839,049.
  • the silver halide totalled 9% of the total silver while silver behenate comprised 91% of the total silver.
  • the silver halide was a 0.055 micron silver bromoiodide emulsion with 2% iodide.
  • a photothermographic emulsion was prepared by homogenizing 300 g of the silver halide-silver behenate dry soap described above with 525 g toluene, 1675 g 2-butanone and 50 g poly(vinylbutyral) (B-76, Monsanto).
  • the photothermographic emulsion was split into 40 g portions at this stage for the various coating trials.
  • the antifoggant, AF-1 was added to 40 g aliquots of silver emulsion.
  • the photothermographic emulsion was coated on 3 mil (0.76 x 10 ⁇ 4m) polyester base by means of a knife coater and dried at 175°F for four minutes. The dry coating weight was 34 g/m2.
  • An active, protective topcoat solution was prepared with the following ingredients: 256.0 g acetone 123.0 g 2-butanone 50.0 g methanol 20.2 g cellulose acetate (CA 398-6, Eastman Kodak) 2.89 g phthalazine 1.52 g 4-methylphthalic acid 1.01 g tetrachlorophthalic acid 1.50 g tetrachlorophthalic anhydride
  • the resulting composition was divided into 20 g portions. Each 20 g portion of topcoat was just sufficient to coat a 40 g aliquot of the silver formula described previously.
  • the topcoat solutions were coated over the silver layer at a dry weight of 4.5 g/m2. The layer was dried at 175°F for four minutes.
  • the coated materials were then exposed with a laser sensitometer incorporating a 780 nm diode. After exposure, the film strips were processed at 260°F for ten seconds. The images obtained were evaluated by a densitometer. Sensitometric results include D min , D max , speed (relative speed at a density of 1.0 above D min versus a control without additive set at 100) and average contrast (Cont, measured as the slope of the line joining density points of 0.25 and 2.0 above D min ). The sensitometry was evaluated shortly after coating (initial) and after shelf aging at room temperature.

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