EP0738919A2 - Stabilisierte Peroxid-Bleichlösungen und deren Verwendung zur Verarbeitung von photographischen Elementen - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates generally to the processing of color photographic elements. More particularly, it relates to the use of stabilized peroxide bleaching solutions comprising a certain amount of chloride ion and two distinct sequestering acidic compounds.
- the compositions and the methods for their use in photography are the subject of this invention.
- the developed silver is oxidized to a silver salt by a suitable bleaching agent.
- the oxidized silver is then removed from the element in a fixing step.
- the most common bleaching solutions contain complexes of ferric ion and various organic ligands.
- One primary desire in this industry is to design bleaching compositions which are more compatible with the environment, and thus it is desirable to reduce or avoid the use of ferric complex bleaching agents.
- Peracid bleaching solutions such as those containing peroxide, persulfate, perborate, perphosphate, perhalogen, percarboxylic acid or percarbonate bleaching agents, offer an alternative to the ferric complex bleaching solutions. They are less expensive and present lower chemical and biological demands on the environment since their by-products can be less harmful.
- persulfate bleaching agents While persulfate bleaching agents have low environmental impact, they have the disadvantage that their bleaching activity is slow and thus require the presence of a bleaching accelerator.
- the most common bleaching accelerators are thiol compounds that have offensive odors.
- peroxide bleaching solution offers many environmental advantages over persulfate and ferric complex bleaching solutions.
- peroxide bleaching solutions including US-A-4,277,556, US-A-4,301,236, US-A-4,454,224, US-A-4,717,649, and WO-A-92/01972.
- WO-A-92/07300 and EP 0 428 101A1 describe hydrogen peroxide compositions for bleaching high chloride emulsions. These compositions comprise up to 0.4 mole of chloride ions per liter of solution and have a pH in the range of 5 to 11. These particular bleaching solutions, however, cause vesiculation in the processed element.
- WO-A-93/11459 describes hydrogen peroxide bleaching solutions that include two or more water-soluble sequestering agents for complexing with transition metals. These solutions appear suitable for use with low silver paper materials.
- This invention provides a hydrogen peroxide bleaching solution having a pH of from 7 to 13 and comprising:
- the method of this invention for processing a color photographic element comprises: bleaching an imagewise exposed and developed color photographic element with the hydrogen peroxide bleaching solution as described above.
- the bleaching solution of this invention provides all of the advantages of no vesiculation and efficient and rapid bleaching. In addition, however, the bleaching solution of this invention has improved stability. That is, the loss in hydrogen peroxide over time is considerably reduced. Thus, the solution has improved shelf life during shipping and storage.
- FIG. 1 is a graphical plot of relative hydrogen peroxide concentration versus storage time for two bleaching solutions of this invention and a bleaching solution of the prior art, as discussed in Examples 1-2 below.
- Hydrogen peroxide bleaching solutions of this invention include a conventional hydrogen peroxide bleaching agent including, but not limited to hydrogen, alkali and alkaline earth salts of peroxide, or a compound which releases or generates hydrogen peroxide.
- a conventional hydrogen peroxide bleaching agent including, but not limited to hydrogen, alkali and alkaline earth salts of peroxide, or a compound which releases or generates hydrogen peroxide.
- Such hydrogen peroxide precursors are well known in the art, and include for example, perborate, perphosphate, percarbonate, percarboxylate, and hydrogen peroxide urea.
- hydrogen peroxide can be generated on site by electrolysis of an aqueous solution. Examples of peroxide bleaching solutions are described, for example, in Research Disclosure, publication 36544, pages 501-541 (September, 1994).
- Research Disclosure is a p.ublication of Kenneth Mason Publications Ltd., Dudley House, 12 North Street, Emsworth, Hampshire PO10 7DQ England (also available from Emsworth Design Inc., 121 West 19th Street, New York, N.Y. 10011). This reference will be referred to hereinafter as "Research Disclosure”. Hydrogen peroxide is a preferred bleaching agent.
- the amount of peroxide (or its precursor) is generally at least 0.15 mol/l, and from 0.15 to 5 mol/l is preferred. The optimum amount will depend upon the type of photographic element being processed. For example, for color negative films that contain silver bromoiodide emulsions, more preferred amounts are from 0.9 to 3 mol/l. The most preferred amounts for silver bromoiodide emulsions are from 1.45 to 2.0 mol/l. For motion picture print films, the more preferred amount is from 0.15 to 1 mol/l, and a most preferred amount is from 0.35 to 0.6 mol/l. For photographic color papers, the preferred amounts would be from 0.15 to 3 mol/l.
- Chloride ions can be supplied to the bleaching solution as part of a simple inorganic salt, for example, sodium chloride, potassium chloride, ammonium chloride and lithium chloride. In addition, they can be supplied as organic complexes such as tetraalkylammonium chlorides.
- the preferred salts are sodium chloride and potassium chloride.
- the chloride ion concentration is at least 0.35 mol/l, with from 0.45 to 2 mol/l being preferred, and from 0.45 to 1 mol/l being most preferred.
- the bleaching solutions of this invention are quite simple, having four essential components: the peroxide bleaching agent, the chloride ions, and two distinct sequestrant acidic compounds, as defined below.
- An optional but preferred component is a buffer.
- the bleaching solution of this invention is alkaline, having a pH within the general range of from 7 to 13, with a pH of from 8 to 11 being preferred.
- the pH can be provided by adding a conventional weak or strong base, and can be maintained by the presence of one or more suitable buffers including, but not limited to, sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate, sodium borate, potassium borate, sodium phosphate, calcium hydroxide, sodium silicate, beta-alaninediacetic acid, arginine, asparagine, ethylenediamine, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, ethylenediaminedisuccinic acid, glycine, histidine, imidazole, isoleucine, leucine, methyliminodiacetic acid, nicotine, nitrilotriacetic acid, piperidine, proline, purine and pyrrolidine.
- Sodium or potassium carbonate are preferred.
- the first acidic compound can be one or more organic phosphonic acids or salts thereof.
- organic phosphonic acids or salts thereof are represented by the structure (I): R 1 N(CH 2 PO 3 M 2 ) 2 or (II) : R 2 R 3 C(PO 3 M 2 ) 2 wherein
- R 1 is hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group of 1 to 12 carbon atoms (such as methyl, hydroxymethyl, ethyl, isopropyl, t-butyl, hexyl, octyl, nonyl, decyl, benzyl, 4-methoxybenzyl, ⁇ -phenethyl, o -octamidobenzyl or ⁇ -phenethyl), a substituted or unsubstituted alkylaminoalkyl group (wherein the alkyl portion of the group is as defined above, such as methylaminoemethyl or ethylaminoethyl), a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxyalkyl group of 1 to 12 carbon atoms (such as methoxymethyl, methoxyethyl, propoxyethyl, benzyloxy, methoxymethylenemethoxymethyl or t-butoxy),
- R 2 is hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group of 1 to 12 carbon atoms (as defined above), a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group of 6 to 10 carbon atoms (as defined above), a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group of 5 to 10 carbon atoms (as defined above), a substituted or unsubstituted 5- to 10-membered heterocyclic group (as defined above), -PO 3 M 2 or -CHR 4 PO 3 M 2 .
- R 3 is hydrogen, hydroxyl, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group of 1 to 12 carbon atoms (defined above) or -PO 3 M 2 .
- R 4 is hydrogen, hydroxyl, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group of 1 to 12 carbon atoms (as defined above) or -PO 3 M 2 .
- M is hydrogen or a water-soluble monovalent cation imparting water-solubility such as an alkali metal ion (for example sodium or potassium), or ammonium, pyridinium, triethanolammonium, triethylammonium ion or others readily apparent to one skilled in the art.
- alkali metal ion for example sodium or potassium
- ammonium, pyridinium, triethanolammonium, triethylammonium ion or others readily apparent to one skilled in the art.
- M is hydrogen, sodium or potassium.
- useful substituents include, but are not limited to, an alkyl group, hydroxy, sulfo, carbonamido, sulfonamido, sulfamoyl, sulfonato, thioalkyl, alkylcarbonamido, alkylcarbamoyl, alkylsulfonamido, alkylsulfamoyl, carboxyl, amino, halo (such as chloro or bromo) sulfono, or sulfoxo, alkoxy of 1 to 5 carbon atoms (linear or branched), -PO 3 M 2 , -CH 2 PO 3 M 2 or -N(CH 2 PO 3 M 2 ) 2 wherein the alkyl (linear or branched) for any of these groups has 1 to 5 carbon atoms.
- Representative phosphonic acids useful in the practice of this invention include, but are not limited to the compounds listed in EP 0 428 101A1.
- Representative useful compounds are 1-hydroxyethylidene-1,1-diphosphonic acid, diethylenetriaminepentaphosphonic acid, ethylenediamine-N,N,N',N'-tetramethylenephosphonic acid, nitrilo-N,N,N-trimethylenephosphonic acid, 1,2-cyclohexanediamine-N,N,N',N'-tetramethylenephosphonic acid, o-carboxyaniline-N,N-dimethylenephosphonic acid, propylamine-N,N-dimethylenephosphonic acid, 4-(N-pyrrolidino)butylamine-N,N-bis(methylenephosphonic acid), 1,3-diamine-2-propanol-N,N,N',N'-tetramethylenephosphonic acid, 1,3-propanediamine-N,N,N',N'-t
- Particularly useful first acidic compounds are 1-hydroxyethylidene-1,1-diphosphonic acid, nitrilo-N,N,N-trimethylenephosphonic acid, diethylenetriamine-N,N,N',N",N"-penta(methylenephosphonic acid), or salts thereof.
- the amount of organic phosphonic acid used in the practice of the invention is at least 0.0005 mol/l and generally up to 0.03 mol/l. An amount of from 0.0025 to 0.012 mol/l is preferred.
- a second acidic compound in the bleaching solution can be any of a number of compounds described below.
- it is a compound which generally comprises at least one carboxyl group and an aromatic nitrogen hetrocycle. They are water-soluble and preferably biodegradable.
- this group of second acidic compounds includes substituted or unsubstituted 2-pyridinecarboxylic acids and substituted or unsubstituted 2,6-pyridinedicarboxylic acids (or equivalent salts).
- the substituents which may be on the pyridinyl ring include substituted or substituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl or substituted or unsubstituted aryl groups (as defined above for structures I-II), hydroxy, nitro, sulfo, amino, carboxy, sulfamoyl, sulfonamide, phospho, halo or any other group that does not interfere with ferric ion ternary complex formation, stability, solubility or catalytic activity.
- the substituents can also be the atoms necessary to form a 5- to 7-membered fused ring between any of the positions of the pyridinyl nucleus.
- R, R', R" and R''' are independently hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms (as defined above), a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group of 6 to 10 carbon atoms (as defined above), a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group of 5 to 10 carbon atoms (as defined above), hydroxy, nitro, sulfo, amino, carboxy, sulfamoyl, sulfonamido, phospho or halo (such as chloro or bromo), or any two of R, R', R" and R''' can comprise the carbon atoms necessary to form a substituted or unsubstituted 5 to 7-membered ring fused with the pyridinyl nucleus.
- the monovalent and divalent radicals defining Structures III and IV can have substituents like those defining the radicals for Structures I-II above.
- M is as defined above.
- R, R', R" and R''' are independently hydrogen, hydroxy or carboxy.
- the most preferred compounds are unsubstituted 2-pyridinecarboxylic acid and 2,6-pyridinedicarboxylic acid or salts thereof.
- the second acidic compound is a polyaminocarboxylic acid that has at least one secondary amino group at a pH of from 8 to 11, and at least two carboxyl groups (polydentate), or their corresponding salts.
- Such acids can be bidendate, tridentate, tetradentate, pentadentate and hexadentate ligands. These acids must be water-soluble also, and are preferably biodegradable (defined below).
- these compounds include, but are not limited to, alkylenediaminetetracarboxylic acids having at least one secondary nitrogen atom, and alkylenediaminepolycarboxylic acids having at least one secondary nitrogen atom.
- the "divalent substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic linking group" in the definition of "W” and “L” noted above includes any nonaromatic linking group comprised of one or more alkylene, cycloalkylene, oxy, thio, amino or carbonyl groups that form a chain of from 1 to 6 atoms.
- Examples of such groups include, but are not limited to, alkylene, alkyleneoxyalkylene, alkylenecycloalkylene, alkylenethioalkylene, alkyleneaminoalkylene, alkylenecarbonyloxyalkylene, all of which can be substituted or unsubstituted, linear or branched, and others that would be readily apparent to one skilled in the art.
- substituted is meant the presence of one or more substituents on the group, such as an alkyl group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms (linear or branched), hydroxy, carboxy, sulfo, sulfonato, thioalkyl, alkylcarbonamido, alkylcarbamoyl, alkylsulfonamido, alkylsulfamoyl, carbonamido, sulfonamido, sulfamoyl, amino, halo (such as chloro or bromo), sulfono (-SO 2 R) or sulfoxo [-S(O)R] wherein R is a branched or linear alkyl group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms.
- substituents on the group such as an alkyl group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms (linear or branched), hydroxy, carboxy, sulfo, sulfonato, thioalkyl, al
- More preferred second acidic compounds are N,N-ethylenediaminedisuccinic acid, N,N-ethylenediaminediacetic acid, and N-(2-carboxyethyl)aspartic acid, or salts thereof.
- the amount of the second acidic compound used in the practice of this invention is at least 0.0005 to 0.05 mol/l. Preferred amounts are from 0.001 to 0.05, mol/l.
- Mixtures of each type of first or second acidic compound can be used if desired.
- biodegradable or “biodegradability” refer to at least 80% decomposition in the standard test protocol specified in by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Test Guideline 302B (Paris, 1981), also known as the "Modified Zahn-Wellens Test”.
- the color photographic elements to be processed using the present invention can contain any of the conventional silver halide emulsions. They can be “high chloride” or “low chloride” emulsions, but preferably they are “high chloride” emulsidns. Thus, other emulsions are also useful, including but not limited to, silver bromide, silver iodide, silver bromoiodide, silver chloroiodide, silver chlorobromide, silver bromochloroiodide and silver chlorobromoiodide.
- high chloride” emulsions is meant those having at least 50 mol % of chloride as the halide component of the emulsion grains.
- Low chloride emulsions mean those having less than 30 mol % of chloride, and preferably less than 10 mol % of chloride.
- the high chloride emulsions contain less than 5 mol % of iodide, and preferably no iodide.
- the silver coverage can be any suitable amount known in the art, for example, 10 g/m 2 or less.
- the amount is less than 2 g/m 2 , and more preferably, it is less than 0.8 g/m 2 (such as from 0.3 to 0.8 g/m 2 ), especially when "high" silver chloride emulsions are used.
- the photographic elements processed in the practice of this invention can be single or multilayer color elements.
- Multilayer color elements typically contain dye image-forming units sensitive to each of the three primary regions of the visible spectrum. Each unit can be comprised of a single emulsion layer or multiple emulsion layers sensitive to a given region of the spectrum.
- the layers of the element can be arranged in any of the various orders known in the art.
- the emulsions sensitive to each of the three primary regions of the spectrum can be disposed as a single segmented layer.
- the elements can also contain other conventional layers such as filter layers, interlayers, subbing layers, overcoats and other layers readily apparent to one skilled in the art.
- a magnetic backing can be used as well as conventional supports.
- emulsions can be used in the elements, including but not limited to, thin tabular grain emulsions, and either positive-working or negative-working emulsions.
- the elements can be either photographic film or paper elements.
- the elements are typically exposed to suitable radiation to form a latent image and then processed to form a visible dye image.
- Processing includes the step of color development in the presence of a color developing agent to reduce developable silver halide and to oxidize the color developing agent. Oxidized color developing agent in turn reacts with a color-forming coupler to yield a dye.
- Color developers are well known and described in many publications including the Research Disclosure noted above.
- the color developer generally contains a buffer (such as potassium carbonate), a sulfite, chelating agents, halides, and one or more antioxidants as preservatives.
- a buffer such as potassium carbonate
- a sulfite such as sodium carbonate
- chelating agents such as sodium sulfite
- halides such as sodium sulfite
- antioxidants as preservatives.
- useful antioxidants including, but not limited to, hydrazines and substituted or unsubstituted hydroxylamines.
- substituted hydroxylamines is meant, for example, those having one or more alkyl or aryl groups connected to the nitrogen atom. These alkyl or aryl groups can be further substituted with one or more groups such as sulfo, carboxy, hydroxy, alkoxy, and other groups known in the art which provide solubilizing effects.
- hydroxylamines examples include US-A-4,876,174, US-A-4,892,804, US-A-5,178,992 and US-A-5,354,646.
- One particularly useful hydroxylamine is N-isopropyl-N-ethylsulfonic acid hydroxylamine, or a salt thereof.
- Development can also be carried out using what is known in the art as a "developer/amplifier” solution, as described in US-A-5,324,624.
- bleaching and fixing steps can be carried out in any suitable fashion, as is known in the art. Subsequent to bleaching and fixing, a final washing or stabilizing step may be employed. Color prints and films can be processed using a wide variety of processing protocols, as described for example, in Research Disclosure, noted above, and thus can include various combinations of one or more bleaching, fixing, washing or stabilizing steps in various orders, and lastly, drying. Additionally, reversal processes include additional steps of black and white development, chemical fogging, re-exposure and washing prior to color development.
- Processing according to the present invention can be carried out using conventional deep tanks holding processing solutions. Alternatively, it can be carried out using what is known in the art as "low volume thin tank” processing systems having either rack and tank or automatic tray designs. Such processing methods and equipment are described, for example, in US-A-5,436,118 and publications noted therein.
- EKTACOLOR EDGE TM photographic color paper were subjected to a step wedge test object for 1/10 second with HA-50 and NP-11 filters, a 0.3 Inconel and a 3000K color temperature lamp on a conventional lB-sensitometer. They were then processed using the following protocol (under nitrogen) wherein the bleaching time was varied to determine bleaching effectiveness.
- a Control A bleaching solution contained hydrogen peroxide (0.98 mol/l. 3% w/w), potassium chloride (0.35 mol/l), potassium carbonate (0.025 mol/l), potassium bicarbonate (0.025 mol/l) and 1-hydroxyethylidene-1,1-diphosphonic acid (0.004 mol/l), and was adjusted to pH 10 using potassium hydroxide.
- a Control B bleaching solution contained hydrogen peroxide (0.98 mol/l, 3% w/w), potassium chloride (0.35 mol/l), potassium carbonate (0.025 mol/l), potassium bicarbonate (0.025 mol/l) and 2-pyridinecarboxylic acid (0.035 mol/l), and was adjusted to pH 10 using potassium hydroxide.
- a Control C bleaching solution contained hydrogen peroxide (0.98 mol/l, 3% w/w), potassium chloride (0.35 mol/l), potassium carbonate (0.025 mol/l), potassium bicarbonate (0.025 mol/l) and 2,6-pyridinedicarboxylic acid (0.035 mol/l), and was adjusted to pH 10 using potassium hydroxide.
- Control D bleaching solution was like Control A except that the phosphonic acid was omitted.
- An Example 1 bleaching solution contained hydrogen peroxide (0.98 mol/l, 3% w/w), potassium chloride (0.35 mol/l), potassium carbonate (0.025 mol/l), potassium bicarbonate (0.025 mol/l), 1-hydroxyethylidene-1,1-diphosphonic acid (0.004 mol/l) and 2-pyridinecarboxylic acid (0.035 mol/l), and was adjusted to pH 10 using potassium hydroxide.
- An Example 2 bleaching solution contained hydrogen peroxide (0.98 mol/l, 3% w/w), potassium chloride (0.35 mol/l), potassium carbonate (0.025 mol/l), potassium bicarbonate (0.025 mol/l), 1-hydroxyethylidene-1,1-diphosphonic acid (0.004 mol/l) and 2,6-pyridinedicarboxylic acid (0.035 mol/l), and was adjusted to pH 10 using potassium hydroxide.
- FIG. 1 shows stability data for the Controls, Example 1 and Example 2 bleaching solutions. These solutions were stored at room temperature for a number of days. After certain number of days, samples of the solutions were evaluated for the amount of hydrogen peroxide remaining. This evaluation was achieved electroanalytically by cyclic voltammetry using a mercury drop electrode. The electroanalytical data were recorded using a conventional EG&G Princeton Applied Research Potentiostat/Galvanostat, Model 273A. The results were plotted as Relative Peroxide Concentration (%) versus time (days). The data for Controls B, C and D were the same, as shown in FIG. 1.
- Residual silver (g/m 2 ) was determined by X-ray fluorescence using conventional procedures. The results are tabulated below in Table I for certain density exposures after 45 seconds. Results are also presented for the use of the conventional KODAK EKTACOLOR TM RA bleach-fixing solution.
- Control B and C bleaching solutions containing only a "second" acid did not provide effective bleaching after 45 seconds.
- the Control A bleaching solution containing only a "first” acid did provide acceptable bleaching.
- the Control A bleaching solution was not acceptably stable after storage for 14 days at room temperature.
- the Example 1 and 2 bleaching solutions demonstrated considerably better storage stability over the test period. No vesiculation was observed with use of the present invention.
- the results also show that use of the present invention provided comparable bleaching to the conventional KODAK EKTACOLOR TM RA bleach-fixing solution after storage for 21 days.
- bleaching solutions of this invention were evaluated for bleaching effectiveness according to the present invention. They were also evaluated for stability. Several comparison bleaching solutions were also evaluated.
- the bleaching solutions contained hydrogen peroxide (0.98 mol/l), potassium chloride (0.35 mol/l), potassium carbonate (0.025 mol/l), potassium bicarbonate (0.025 mol/l) and the sequestering agents and amounts listed in Table II below, and were adjusted to pH 10 using potassium hydroxide.
- Example 4 1-hydroxyethylidene-1,1-diphosphonic acid 0.004 mol/l 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.004 mol/l 0.004 mol/l 0.004 mol/l N,N-ethylenediamine disuccinic acid 0.0 0.002 mol/l 0.0 0.0 0.002 mol/l 0.0 0.0 N,N-ethylenediamine diacetic acid 0.0 0.0 0.002 mol/l 0.0 0.0 0.002 mol/l 0.0 N-(2-carboxyethyl)-aspartic acid 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.002 mol/l 0.0 0.0 0.002 mol/l
- the bleaching solutions described above were evaluated for stability over time.
- the molar concentration (mol/l) of the peroxide bleaching agent was measured electroanalytically by cyclic voltammetry using a mercury drop electrode.
- the electroanalytical data were recorded using a conventional EG&G Princeton Applied Research Potentiostat/Galvanostat, Model 273A. The results of these measurements over time are provided in Table III below.
- Each solution was normalized to 0.98 mol of hydrogen peroxide per liter of solution prior to the first measurement.
- the bleaching compositions of this invention were also evaluated for bleaching activity after 21 days of storage at room temperature.
- Samples of KODAK EKTACOLOR EDGE TM photographic color paper were subjected to a step wedge test object for 1/10 second with HA-50 and NP-11 filters, a 0.3 Inconel and a 3000K color temperature lamp on a conventional lB-sensitometer. They were then processed using the following protocol (under nitrogen).
- Residual silver (g/m 2 ) at maximum density was determined by X-ray fluorescence using conventional procedures. The results are tabulated below in Table IV after 45 seconds for certain exposure densities. Results are also presented for the use of the conventional KODAK EKTACOLOR TM RA bleach-fixing solution, and for the Control E solution, both freshly prepared. Of course, in the use of the KODAK EKTACOLOR TM RA bleach-fixing solution, the noted fixing and preceding wash steps were omitted from the processing protocol.
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