JP2873886B2 - Silver halide photographic material and processing method thereof - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material, and more particularly, to a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material excellent in high sensitivity and rapid processing suitability in high-illuminance short-time exposure, and a developing method thereof. It is about.

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2. Description of the Related Art One of the methods for exposing a photographic light-sensitive material is to scan an original drawing and to expose the silver halide photographic light-sensitive material on the basis of an image signal thereof, thereby obtaining a negative image or a positive image corresponding to the image of the original drawing. There is known an image forming method using a so-called scanner method for forming an image. There are various types of recording apparatuses that use the image forming method based on the scanner system, but a so-called dot generator system using a halftone generator has been widely used at present. Glow lamps, xenon lamps, mercury lamps, tungsten lamps, light-emitting diodes, and the like have been used as recording light sources for these scanner recording apparatuses. However, each of these light sources has a practical disadvantage that the output is weak and the life is short. To compensate for these drawbacks, there is a scanner that uses a coherent laser light source such as a He-Ne laser, an argon laser, a He-Cd laser, or a semiconductor laser as a light source of a scanner system. Various characteristics are required for the photosensitive material used for these kisana,
In particular, since exposure is performed with a short exposure time of 10 ⁻³ to 10 ⁻⁸ seconds, high sensitivity and high contrast are essential conditions even under such conditions. In addition, a high-sensitivity photosensitive material is more advantageous for reducing the output in order to keep the life of the laser tube long. Further, in order to obtain a good halftone dot, it is necessary to shape the laser beam using a slit or the like, and a high-sensitivity photosensitive material is required in order to cope with the reduced laser output.

[0003] In recent years, there has been a strong demand in the printing industry for work efficiency and speed-up, and there is a wide range of needs for faster scanning and shorter processing time for photosensitive materials. In order to respond to the needs in the printing field, exposure machines (scanners, plotters) are required to have a higher scanning speed and an increased number of lines and a narrower beam for higher image quality. It is desired that the material has high sensitivity, excellent processing stability, and can be rapidly developed. The rapid development process referred to here means that after inserting the leading end of the film into the automatic processor, it takes 15 minutes for the leading end of the film to come out of the drying section after passing through the developing tank, the transfer section, the washing tank, and the drying section.処理 60 seconds.

The present inventor has found that it is effective to use an iridium compound and an iron, rhenium, ruthenium or osmium compound in combination with silver halide grains containing 30 mol% or more of silver chloride for these purposes. Although this method slightly increases the sensitivity, it has a problem in that the development progress speed is slow, and in the case of rapid processing in which the development time is short, the sensitivity is low and the image quality is impaired. In the method of sensitizing a silver halide containing a water-soluble iridium compound with a selenium sensitizer as in the method described in JP-B-57-22090, the sensitivity was still low.

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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material which is highly sensitive to high illuminance exposure. Still another object of the present invention is to provide a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material which can provide high sensitivity and good image quality even when subjected to rapid processing, and a method for developing the same.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material capable of providing a high-sensitivity and good image quality even when the replenishing amounts of a developing solution and a fixing solution are reduced, and a development processing method thereof.

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An object of the present invention is to provide an iridium compound in which silver chloride is composed of silver halide of 30 mol% or more and 10 ^-6 mol or less based on silver, and 10 ^-3 mol or less.
This was achieved by using a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material containing at least one compound of at most one mole of iron, rhenium, ruthenium and osmium compounds, and wherein the light-sensitive emulsion layer was sensitized with a selenium sensitizer.

The specific configuration of the present invention will be described in detail. The silver halide photographic emulsion according to the present invention contains silver chloride, silver chlorobromide or silver chloroiodobromide as silver halide. At this time, silver chloride is contained in an amount of 30 mol% or more, more preferably 60 mol% or more. The silver iodide content is 5 mol%
The content is more preferably 2 mol% or less. The shape of the silver halide grains may be any of cubic, tetradecahedral, octahedral, irregular, and tabular, but is preferably cubic or tabular. The average grain size of the silver halide grains is 0.01 μm to 1 μm.
m is preferred, and more preferably 0.4 μm or less, and the coefficient of variation represented by {(standard variation of particle size) / (average particle size)} × 100 is 15% or less, more preferably 10% or less.
% Or less having a narrow particle size distribution. In the silver halide grains, the inside and the surface layer may be composed of a uniform phase or may be composed of different phases. The photographic emulsion used in the present invention is Chimie et Physique Photographiq by P. Glafkides.
ue (Paul Montel, 1967), GF Duffin P
hotographic Emulsion Chemistry (The Focal Press,
1966), Making and Coa by VL Zelikman et al.
ting Photographic Emulsion (The Focal Press, 1
964). That is, any of an acidic method, a neutral method, an ammonia method and the like may be used, and a method of reacting a soluble silver salt with a soluble halide may be any one of a one-sided mixing method, a double-sided mixing method, and a combination thereof. Good. Method of forming grains in excess of silver ions (so-called reverse mixing method)
Can also be used. As one type of the double jet method, a method in which pAg in a liquid phase in which silver halide is formed is kept constant, that is, a so-called controlled double jet method can be used. According to this method, a silver halide emulsion having a regular crystal form and a nearly uniform grain size can be obtained. In order to make the particle size uniform, British Patent 1,535,016, JP-B-48-36890,
As described in JP-B-52-16364, a method of changing the addition rate of silver nitrate or alkali halide in accordance with the grain growth rate, a method disclosed in British Patent No. 4,242,445,
It is preferable to use a method of changing the concentration of the aqueous solution as described in JP-A-55-158124 to grow the solution quickly within a range not exceeding the critical saturation. The grain formation of the silver halide emulsion of the present invention is preferably carried out in the presence of a silver halide solvent such as a tetrasubstituted thiourea or an organic thioether compound. The preferred tetrasubstituted thiourea silver halide solvent used in the present invention is disclosed in
Compounds represented by the following general formula (I) described in, for example, 82408 and 55-77737. General formula (I)

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The general formula (I) will be described. Where R
₁ , R ₂ , R ₃ and R ₄ represent a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, an alkenyl group (such as an allyl group), or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl, which may be the same or different, The total number of carbon atoms of _{1 to} R ₄ is 30
The following is preferred. R ₁ and R ₂ , R ₂ and R ₃ , or R ₃ and R _{4 can} be combined to form a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic imidazolidinethione, piperidine, morpholine, or the like. Both linear and branched alkyl groups are used. Examples of the substituent of the alkyl group include a hydroxy group (—OH), a carboxy group, a sulfonic acid group, an amino group, an alkoxy group (o-alkyl) in which the alkyl residue has 1 to 5 carbon atoms, a phenyl group, It is a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring (such as furan). The substituent of the aryl group is a hydroxy group, a carboxy group or a sulfonic group. Here, particularly preferably, R ₁
To R ₄ , there are three or more alkyl groups, each alkyl group has 1 to 5 carbon atoms, the aryl group is a phenyl group,
The total number of carbon atoms of _{1 to} R ₄ is 20 or less. Examples of the compounds that can be used in the present invention include the following.

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The organic thioether silver halide solvent preferably used in the present invention is, for example, JP-B-47-11386.
No. (U.S. Patent No. 3,574,628) comprising at least one compound group wherein oxygen atom and a sulfur atom are separated by an ethylene (e.g. -O-CH ₂ CH ₂ -S-) in the like, especially An alkyl group at both ends described in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 54-155828 (U.S. Pat. No. 4,276,374) wherein each alkyl group is at least two groups selected from hydroxy, amino, carboxy, amide or sulfone
Thioether compound having two substituents). Specifically, the following examples can be given.

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The amount of the silver halide solvent to be added varies depending on the kind of the compound used, the intended grain size, the halogen composition, and the like, but it is 10 ^-5 to 1 mol per mol of the silver halide.
10 ^-2 mol is preferred. If the grain size exceeds the target by using a silver halide solvent, the temperature during grain formation,
A desired particle size can be obtained by changing the addition time of the silver salt solution or the halogen salt solution.

As the iridium compound used in the present invention, a water-soluble iridium compound can be used. For example, an iridium (III) halide compound, an iridium (IV) halide compound, or an iridium complex salt having a ligand such as hexachloroiridium (III) or (I)
V) Complex salts, hexaammineiridium (III) or (I
V) Complex salts, trioxalatoiridium (III) or (I
V) Complex salts and the like. In the present invention, these compounds may be used in any combination of III-valent and IV-valent compounds. These iridium compounds are used after being dissolved in water or a suitable solvent. However, a method generally used for stabilizing the solution of the iridium compound, that is, an aqueous hydrogen halide solution (for example, hydrochloric acid,
For example, a method of adding bromic acid, hydrofluoric acid, or the like, or an alkali halide (eg, KCl, NaCl, KBr, NaBr, or the like) can be used. Instead of using water-soluble iridium, it is also possible to add and dissolve another silver halide grain doped with iridium in advance during the preparation of the silver halide grain. The total amount of the iridium compound according to the present invention is suitably from 1 × 10 ^-8 to 1 × 10 ^-6 mol, preferably from 5 × 10 ^-8 to 1 mol, per mol of the finally formed silver halide. × 10 ^-6 mol. These compounds can be appropriately added during the production of a silver halide emulsion and at each stage before coating the emulsion. In particular, it is possible to add these compounds during grain formation and to incorporate them into silver halide grains. preferable. Specific compounds include iridium (III) chloride, iridium (III) bromide, iridium (IV) chloride, sodium hexachloroiridium (III), hexachloroiridium (III) salt, hexaamine iridium ( IV) Salts, trioxalatoiridium (III) salts, trioxalatoiridium (IV) salts, and other halogen amines, and oxalato complex salts are preferred.

The iron compound used in the present invention is a divalent or trivalent iron ion-containing compound, and is preferably a water-soluble iron salt or iron complex in the concentration range used in the present invention. Specifically, ferrous arsenate, ferrous bromide, ferrous carbonate, ferrous chloride, ferrous citrate, ferrous fluoride, ferrous formate, ferrous gluconate, and ferrous hydroxide iodide Ferrous ferrous ferrous ferrous ferrous oxalate ferrous phosphate ferrous succinate ferrous thiocyanate ferrous nitrate ammonium ferrous nitrate basic ferric acetate ferric albumate Ferric ammonium acetate Ferric bromide Ferric chloride Ferric chloride Ferric citrate Ferric fluoride Ferric formate Glyceroferric phosphate Ferric hydroxide Acidic phosphoric acid Ferric ferric nitrate Ferric phosphate Ferric pyrophosphate Sodium ferric pyrophosphate Ferric thiocyanate Ferric sulfate Ammonium ferric sulfate Ferric guanidine sulfate Ferric ammonium citrate Hexanocyanoiron Potassium (II) acid potassium pentacyanoammine Chirenjinitoriro tetraacetate sodium ferric potassium hexacyanoferrate (III) chloride tris (dipyridyl) ferric preventor cyano nitrosyl ferric potassium chloride Hekisarea ferric particularly hexacyanoferrate (II), hexacyanoferrate (III)
Acid salts, ferrous thiocyanate and ferric thiocyanate exhibit remarkable effects.

The rhenium, ruthenium, and osmium compounds used in the present invention are disclosed in European Patent Application (EP) 0
No. 336689A, No. 0336427A1, No. 033
The hexadentate coordination complexes described in Nos. 6425A1 and 0336426A1 are preferable, and those containing at least four or more cyanide ligands are particularly preferable. In a preferred embodiment, these compounds can be represented by the formula: [M (Cn) ₆ -yL _y ] ⁿ where M is rhenium, ruthenium, osmium, L is a bridging ligand, y is an integer 0, 1, or 2, and n is- 2, -3 or -4. As a specific example, [Re (CN) ₅ ] ^-4 [Ru (CN) ₅ ] ^-4 [Os (CN) ₅ ] ^-4 [ReF (CN) ₅ ] ^-4 [RuF (CN) ₅ ] ^-4 [ OsF (CN) ₅ ] ^-4 [ReCl (CN) ₅ ] ^-4 [RuCl (CN) ₅ ] ^-4 [OsCl (CN) ₅ ] ^-4 [ReBr (CN) ₅ ] ^-4 [RuBr (CN) ₅ ] ^-4 [OsBr (CN) _5] ^-4 [ReI (CN) _5] ^-4 [RuI (CN) _5] ^-4 [OSI (CN) _5] ^-4 [ReF ₂ (CN) _4] ^-4 [ RuF ₂ (CN) ₅ ] ^-4 [OsF ₂ (CN) ₅ ] ^-4 [ReCl ₂ (CN) ₄ ] ^-4 [RuCl ₂ (CN) ₄ ] ^-4 [OsCl ₂ (CN) ₄ ] ^-4 [ RuBr ₂ (CN) ₄ ] ^-4 [OsBr ₂ (CN) ₄ ] ^-4 [ReBr ₂ (CN) ₄ ] ^-4 [RuI ₂ (CN) ₄ ] ^-4 [OsI ₂ (CN) ₅ ] ^-4 [ Ru (CN) ₅ (OCN)] ^-4 [Os (CN) ₅ (OCN)] ^{- 4} [Ru (CN) ₅ (SCN)] ^-4 [Os (CN) ₅ (SCN)] ^-4 [Ru (CN) ₅ (N ₃ )] ^-4 [Os (CN) ₅ (N ₃ )] ^{- 4} [Ru (CN) ₅ (H ₂ O)] ^-3 [Os (CN) ₅ (H ₂ O)] ^-3 .

The above iron, rhenium, ruthenium and osmium compounds are preferably added during the formation of silver halide grains. The addition position may be uniformly distributed in the particles, or may be localized in the initial, middle and late stages of the particle formation.
It is preferred to add after 0%, more preferably 80%, has been formed. The addition amount is 10 ^-3 mol or less, preferably 10 ^-6 to 10 ^-4 mol, per 1 mol of silver. In the present invention, other metals contained in Group VIII, that is, cobalt, nickel, rhodium, palladium, platinum and the like may be used in combination. In particular, when used in combination with a rhodium salt such as rhodium chloride or ammonium hexachlorodimate (III), a hard emulsion can be advantageously obtained.

As the selenium sensitizer used in the present invention, selenium compounds disclosed in conventionally known patents can be used. That is, usually, an unstable selenium compound and / or a non-unstable selenium compound is added,
It is used by stirring the emulsion at a high temperature, preferably at 40 ° C. or higher for a certain period of time. Unstable selenium compounds include JP-B-44-15748 and JP-B-43-13489.
No., Japanese Patent Application No. 2-130976, Japanese Patent Application No. 2-2930
It is preferable to use the compounds described in No. 0 or the like. Specific examples of unstable selenium sensitizers include isoselenocyanates (eg, aliphatic isoselenocyanates such as allyl isoselenocyanate), selenoureas, selenoketones, selenoamides, and selenocarboxylic acids (for example,
2-selenopropionic acid, 2-selenobutyric acid), selenoesters, diacylselenides (eg, bis (3-chloro-2,6-dimethoxybenzoyl) selenide), selenophosphates, phosphine selenides, colloidal metal selenium And so on. Although the preferred types of unstable selenium compounds have been described above, they are not intended to be limiting. Skilled artisans say that an unstable selenium compound as a sensitizer for photographic emulsions is not so important as long as selenium is unstable,
It is generally understood that the organic portion of the selenium sensitizer molecule carries selenium and has no role other than to make it present in the emulsion in an unstable form. In the present invention, an unstable selenium compound having such a broad concept is advantageously used. Non-labile selenium compounds used in the present invention include JP-B-46-4553 and JP-B-52-344.
No. 92 and Japanese Patent Publication No. 52-34491 are used. Non-labile selenium compounds include, for example, selenous acid, potassium selenocyanide, selenazoles, quaternary salts of selenazoles, diaryl selenides, diaryl diselenides, dialkyl selenides, dialkyl diselenides, 2-selenazolidinediones, 2-selenooxazolidinethione and derivatives thereof. Of these selenium compounds, the following general formulas (III) and (IV) are preferred. General formula (III)

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In the formula, Z ₁ and Z ₂ may be the same or different and each represents an alkyl group (eg, a methyl group,
Ethyl group, t-butyl group, adamantyl group, t-octyl group), alkenyl group (eg, vinyl group, propenyl group), aralkyl group (eg, benzyl group, phenethyl group), aryl group (eg, phenyl group, pentane group) Fluorophenyl group, 4-chlorophenyl group, 3-nitrophenyl group, 4-octylsulfamoylphenyl group, α-
A naphthyl group), a heterocyclic group (e.g., a pyridyl group, a cyenyl group, a furyl group, an imidazolyl group), -NR
₁ (R _2), - represents the OR ₃ or -SR _4. R ₁ , R
₂ , R ₃ and R ₄ may be the same or different and each represents an alkyl group, an aralkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group. Alkyl group, an aralkyl group, the same examples as Z ₁ is exemplified as an aryl group or a heterocyclic group.
Here, R ₁ and R ₂ represent a hydrogen atom or an acyl group (for example, acetyl group, propanoyl group, benzoyl group, heptafluorobutanoyl group, difluoroacetyl group,
-Nitrobenzoyl group, α-naphthoyl group, 4-trifluoromethylbenzoyl group). General formula (I
In II), preferably, Z ₁ represents an alkyl group, an aryl group or —NR ₁ (R ₂ ), and Z ₂ represents —NR ₅ (R ₆ ). R ₁ , R ₂ , R ₅ and R ₆ may be the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, or an acyl group. In formula (III), more preferably N, N-dialkylselenourea, N, N, N'-
Represents trialkyl-N′-acylselenourea, tetraalkylselenourea, N, N-dialkyl-arylselenoamide, N-alkyl-N-aryl-arylselenoamide. General formula (IV)

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In the formula, Z ₃ , Z ₄ and Z ₅ may be the same or different, and may be an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, a heterocyclic group, —OR ₇ , —NR ₈ (R ₉ ), —SR ₁₀ , -Se
R ₁₁ , X represents a hydrogen atom. R ₇ , R ₁₀ and R ₁₁ represent an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, a heterocyclic group, a hydrogen atom or a cation, and R ₈ and R ₉ represent an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, a heterocyclic group or a hydrogen atom , X represents a halogen atom. In the general formula (IV), Z ₃ , Z ₄ , Z ₅ , R ₇ , R ₈ , R
_The aliphatic group represented by ₉ , R ₁₀ and R ₁₁ is a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl group, alkenyl group, alkynyl group,
Aralkyl groups (e.g., methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, t-butyl, n-butyl, n-octyl, n-decyl, n-hexadecyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, Allyl group,
2-butenyl group, 3-pentenyl group, propargyl group,
3-pentynyl group, benzyl group, phenethyl group). In the general formula (IV), Z ₃ , Z ₄ , Z ₅ , R ₇ , R
_The aromatic group represented by ₈ , R ₉ , R ₁₀ and R ₁₁ is a monocyclic or condensed aryl group (for example, phenyl, pentafluorophenyl, 4-chlorophenyl, 3-sulfophenyl, α- Naphthyl group, 4-methylphenyl group)
Represents In the general formula (IV), Z ₃ , Z ₄ , Z ₅ ,
The heterocyclic group represented by R ₇ , R ₈ , R ₉ , R ₁₀ and R ₁₁ is a 3- to 10-membered saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic ring containing at least one of a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom and a sulfur atom. Represents a group (for example, a pyridyl group, a cyenyl group, a furyl group, a thiazolyl group, an imidazolyl group, a benzimidazolyl group). In the general formula (IV), the cation represented by R ₇ , R ₁₀ and R ₁₁ represents an alkali metal atom or ammonium, and the halogen atom represented by X is, for example, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, a bromine atom or an iodine atom. Represents General formula
In (IV), preferably, Z ₃ , Z ₄ or Z ₅ is an aliphatic group,
Represents an aromatic group or —OR ₇ , and R ₇ represents an aliphatic group or an aromatic group. In the general formula (IV), more preferably, it represents a trialkylphosphine selenide, a triarylphosphine selenide, a trialkylselenophosphate or a triarylselenophosphate. The general formula (III) below
Specific examples of the compounds represented by (IV) and (IV) are shown below, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

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Regarding the selenium sensitization method, US Pat.
No. 74944, No. 1602592, No. 16234
No. 99, No. 3297446, No. 3297449, No. 3320069, No. 3408196, No. 34
08197, 3434453, 34206
No. 70, No. 3591385, French Patent No. 269
No. 3038, No. 2093209, Japanese Patent Publication No. 52-34
No. 491, No. 52-34492, No. 53-295,
No. 57-22090, JP-A-59-180536,
59-185330, 59-181337, 59-187338, 59-192241, 6
No. 0-150046, No. 60-151637, No. 61
Japanese Patent Application No. Hei.
287380, 1-250950, 1-254
No. 441, No. 2-34090, No. 2-110558
Nos. 2-130976, 2-139183, 2-229300, and further, British Patent No. 255846,
No. 861984 and HE Spencer et al., Journal
of Photographic Science, Volume 31, 158-16
9 (1983).

These selenium sensitizers are dissolved in water or an organic solvent such as methanol or ethanol, alone or in a mixed solvent, or disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Nos. 2-26447 and 2-2647.
No. 4448, added during chemical sensitization.
Preferably, it is added before the start of chemical sensitization. The selenium sensitizer used is not limited to one, and two or more of the above-described selenium sensitizers can be used in combination. An unstable selenium compound and a non-unstable selenium compound may be used in combination. The addition amount of the selenium sensitizer used in the present invention varies depending on the activity of the selenium sensitizer used, the type and size of silver halide, the ripening temperature and time, and the like. It is at least 1 × 10 ^-8 mol per mol. More preferably, it is 1 × 10 ⁻⁷ mol or more and 1 × 10 ⁻⁵ mol or less. The temperature of chemical ripening when using a selenium sensitizer is preferably 4
5 ° C. or higher. More preferably, it is 50 ° C. or more and 80 ° C. or less. pAg and pH are arbitrary. For example, pH
The effect of the present invention can be obtained in a wide range from 4 to 9.
Selenium sensitization is more effective when performed in the presence of a silver halide solvent.

Examples of the silver halide solvent which can be used in the present invention include US Pat. Nos. 3,271,157, 3,531,289, 3,574,628, and JP-A-54-628. (A) Organic thioethers described in JP-A Nos. 1019 and 54-158917;
(B) thiourea derivatives described in JP-A Nos. 408, 55-77737 and 55-2982;
(C) a silver halide solvent having a thiocarbonyl group sandwiched between an oxygen or sulfur atom and a nitrogen atom, (d) imidazoles described in JP-A-54-100717, e) sulfites, and (f) thiocyanate. Particularly preferred solvents include thiocyanate and tetramethylthiourea. The amount of the solvent used varies depending on the kind. For example, in the case of thiocyanate, the preferred amount is 1 × 10 ⁻⁴ mol or more and 1 × 10 ⁻² mol or less per mol of silver halide.

The silver halide photographic emulsion of the present invention can achieve higher sensitivity and lower fog by using sulfur sensitization and / or gold sensitization in chemical sensitization. Sulfur sensitization is usually carried out by adding a sulfur sensitizer and stirring the emulsion at a high temperature, preferably at 40 ° C. or higher for a certain period of time. Further, gold sensitization is usually performed by adding a gold sensitizer and stirring the emulsion at a high temperature, preferably at 40 ° C. or higher for a certain period of time. Known sulfur sensitizers can be used for the sulfur sensitization. For example, thiosulfates, thioureas, allylisothiocyanate, cystine, p-toluenethiosulfonate, rhodanine and the like can be mentioned. Other US Patent No. 1,574
No. 944, No. 2,410,689, No. 2,27
No. 8,947, No. 2,728,668, No. 3,5
Nos. 01,313 and 3,656,955,
German Patent 1,422,869, JP-B-56-249
No. 37, JP-A-55-45016 and the like can also be used. The addition amount of the sulfur sensitizer may be an amount sufficient to effectively increase the sensitivity of the emulsion. This amount varies over a considerable range under various conditions such as pH, temperature, silver halide grain size, etc., but is not less than 1 × 10 ⁻⁷ mol per mol of silver halide.
It is preferably at most 5 × 10 ^-4 mol.

As the gold sensitizer for the gold sensitization, the oxidation number of gold may be +1 or +3, and gold compounds usually used as gold sensitizers can be used. Representative examples include chloroaurate, potassium chloroaurate, auric trichloride, potassium auric thiocyanate, potassium iodooleate, tetracyano auric acidide, ammonium aurothiocyanate, pyridyl trichlorogold, and the like. Although the amount of the gold sensitizer to be added varies depending on various conditions, the standard is preferably 1 × 10 ⁻⁷ mol to 5 × 10 ⁻⁴ mol per mol of silver halide. During chemical ripening, there is no particular limitation on the timing and order of addition of a sulfur sensitizer and / or a gold sensitizer which can be used in combination with a silver halide solvent and a selenium sensitizer or a selenium sensitizer. For example, the above compounds can be added at the same time or at a different point in time, for example, at the beginning (preferably) of chemical ripening or during the progress of chemical ripening. In addition, the compound may be added by dissolving the above compound in water or an organic solvent miscible with water, for example, a single solution or a mixed solution of methanol, ethanol, acetone or the like.

The light-sensitive material of the present invention can contain various compounds for the purpose of preventing fog during the production process, storage or photographic processing of the light-sensitive material, or stabilizing photographic performance. That is, azoles such as benzothiazolium salts, nitroindazoles, chlorobenzimidazoles, bromobenzimidazoles, mercaptothiazoles, mercaptobenzothiazoles,
Mercaptothiadiazoles, aminotriazoles,
Benzothiazoles, nitrobenzotriazoles, etc .; mercaptopyrimidines; mercaptotriazines; thioketo compounds such as oxazolinethione; azaindenes such as triazaindenes, tetraazaindenes (especially 4-hydroxy-substituted (1,
3,3a, 7) tetrazaindenes), pentaazaindenes and the like; many compounds known as antifoggants or stabilizers such as benzenethiosulfonic acid, benzenesulfinic acid, benzenesulfonamide and the like are added. be able to. Particularly, a polyhydroxybenzene compound is preferable in that the pressure resistance is improved without impairing the sensitivity. The polyhydroxybenzene compound is preferably a compound having any one of the following structures. General formula (V)

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Next, the general formula (V) will be described. X and Y are each -H, -OH, a halogen atom, -OM (M
Is an alkali metal ion), -alkyl group, phenyl group,
Amino group, carbonyl group, sulfone group, sulfonated phenyl group, sulfonated alkyl group, sulfonated amino group,
A sulfonated carbonyl group, a carboxyphenyl group, a carboxyalkyl group, a carboxyamino group, a hydroxyphenyl group, a hydroxyalkyl group, an alkyl ether group, an alkylphenyl group, an alkylthioether group, or a phenylthioether group. The general formula (V) below
Specific examples of the compound are shown below.

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The polyhydroxybenzene compound may be added to the emulsion layer in the light-sensitive material or may be added to layers other than the emulsion layer. The amount added is preferably in the range of 10 ^-5 to 1 mol per mol, and particularly preferably in the range of 10 ^-3 to 10 ^-1 mol. The light-sensitive material prepared by using the present invention may contain a water-soluble dye in the hydrophilic colloid layer as a filter dye or for various purposes such as prevention of irradiation. Such dyes include oxonol dyes, hemioxonol dyes, styryl dyes, merocyanine dyes,
Cyanine dyes and azo dyes are included. Among them, oxonol dyes; hemioxonol dyes and merocyanine dyes are useful.

The photosensitive silver halide emulsion of the present invention may be spectrally sensitized to blue light, green light, red light or infrared light having a relatively long wavelength by a sensitizing dye. As the sensitizing dye, a cyanine dye, a merocyanine dye, a complex cyanine dye, a complex merocyanine dye, a holo-holerocyanine dye, a styryl dye, a hemicyanine dye, an oxonol dye, a hemioxonol dye, and the like can be used. Useful sensitizing dyes for use in the present invention are, for example, RESEARCH DISCLOSURE Item 17643 IV-A
(Dec. 1978, p. 23) and Item 1831X (August 1979, p. 437). In particular, a sensitizing dye having a spectral sensitivity suitable for the spectral characteristics of various scanner light sources can be advantageously selected. For example, A) For an argon laser light source,
No. 62247, JP-A-2-48653, U.S. Pat.
Nos. 161 and 331 and simple merocyanines described in West German Patent 936,071; and B) helium-neon leather light sources.
No. 8726, 59-102229, and C) LED light sources.
No. 42172, No. 51-9609, No. 55-3981
8, thiacarbocyanines described in JP-A-62-284343, and D) tricarbocyanines described in JP-A-59-19032 and JP-A-60-80841 for semiconductor laser light sources. Kind, JP-A-59-19
Dicarbocyanines containing a 4-quinoline nucleus described in No. 2242 are advantageously selected. The representative compounds of these sensitizing dyes are shown below. Specific compound examples of A)

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Specific examples of compound B)

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Specific examples of compound C)

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These sensitizing dyes may be used alone or in combination, and the combination of sensitizing dyes is often used particularly for supersensitization. Along with the sensitizing dye, the emulsion may contain a dye which does not itself have a spectral sensitizing effect or a substance which does not substantially absorb visible light and exhibits supersensitization. Useful sensitizing dyes, combinations of dyes exhibiting supersensitization and substances exhibiting supersensitization are described in Research Disclos.
ure) 176, 17643 (issued December 1978) No. 2
It is described in section J on page 3, IV. The content of the sensitizing dye of the present invention depends on the grain size of the silver halide emulsion, the halogen composition, the method and degree of chemical sensitization, the relationship between the layer containing the compound and the silver halide emulsion, the type of antifoggant compound, and the like. It is desirable to select the optimal amount accordingly, and the methods of testing for that selection are well known to those skilled in the art. Usually, it is preferably from 10 ^-7 mol to 1 × per mol of silver halide.
It is used in an amount of 10 ⁻² mol, particularly 10 ⁻⁶ mol to 5 × 10 ⁻³ mol.

In the photographic emulsion layer of the photographic light-sensitive material of the present invention, for the purpose of increasing sensitivity, increasing contrast, or promoting development,
For example, polyalkylene oxide or its ether,
Derivatives such as esters and amines, thioether compounds,
Developing agents such as thiomorpholines, quaternary ammonium salt compounds, urethane derivatives, urea derivatives, imidazole derivatives, 3-pyrazolidones and aminophenols may be contained. Among them, 3-pyrazolidones (1-phenyl-
3-pyrazolidone, 1-phenyl-4-methyl-4-hydroxymethyl-3-pyrazolidone) are preferred,
Usually used at 5 g / m ² or less, 0.01 to 0.2 g / m ²
Is more preferred. The photographic emulsion and the non-photosensitive hydrophilic colloid of the present invention may contain an inorganic or organic hardener. For example, active vinyl compounds (1,3,5-triacryloyl-hexahydro-s-triazine, bis (vinylsulfonyl) methyl ether, N, N-methylenebis-
[Β- (vinylsulfonyl) propionamide]), active halides (eg, 2,4-dichloro-6-hydroxy-s-triazine), mucohalic acids (eg, mucochloric acid), N-carbamoylpyridinium salts (1- Morpholi) carbonyl-3-pyridinio) methanesulfonate, etc.), haloamidinium salts (1- (1
-Chloro-1-pyridinomethylene) pyrrolidinium, 2
-Naphthalene sulfonate) can be used alone or in combination. Above all, JP-A-53-41
No. 220, No. 53-57257, No. 59-16254
No. 6, No. 60-80846 and active halides described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,325,287 are preferred. The photographic emulsion layer or other hydrophilic colloid layer of the light-sensitive material prepared by using the present invention may have coating aids, antistatic, slipperiness improvement, emulsification / dispersion, adhesion prevention and photographic property improvement (eg, development acceleration, high contrast For various purposes such as sensitization), various surfactants may be contained. For example, saponins (steroids), alkylene oxide derivatives (eg, polyethylene glycol, polyethylene glycol / polypropylene glycol condensate, polyethylene glycol alkyl ethers or polyethylene glycol alkyl aryl ethers, polyethylene glycol esters, polyethylene glycol sorbitan esters, polyalkylene glycol) Nonionic surfactants such as alkylamines or amides, polyethylene oxide adducts of silicone, glycidol derivatives (eg, alkenyl succinic acid polyglycerides, alkylphenol polyglycerides), fatty acid esters of polyhydric alcohols, and alkyl esters of sugars. Agent: alkyl carboxylate, alkyl sulfonate, alkyl benzene sulfo Acid salts, alkyl naphthalene sulfonates, alkyl sulfates, alkyl phosphates, N-acyl-N-alkyl taurines, sulfosuccinates, sulfoalkyl polyoxyethylene alkyl phenyl ethers, polyoxyethylene alkyl phosphorus Anionic surfactants containing an acidic group such as a carboxy group, a sulfo group, a phospho group, a sulfate group or a phosphate group, such as acid esters; amino acid salts, aminoalkyl sulfonic acids, aminoalkyl sulfate or phosphoric acid Amphoteric surfactants such as esters, alkyl betaines and amine oxides; alkylamine salts, aliphatic or aromatic quaternary ammonium salts, pyridinium,
Heterocyclic quaternary ammonium salts such as imidazolium,
And cationic surfactants such as phosphonium or sulfonium salts containing aliphatic or heterocyclic rings. In order to prevent charging, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Sho 60-80849
It is preferable to use the fluorinated surfactant described in the above item.

The photographic light-sensitive material of the present invention may contain a matting agent such as silica, magnesium oxide or polymethyl methacrylate for the purpose of preventing adhesion to the photographic emulsion layer or other hydrophilic colloid layers. The light-sensitive material used in the present invention may contain a dispersion of a water-insoluble or hardly soluble synthetic polymer for the purpose of dimensional stability. For example, alkyl (meth)
A polymer having a monomer component of acrylate, alkoxyacryl (meth) acrylate, glycidyl (meth) acrylate, or the like alone or in combination, or a combination thereof with acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, or the like can be used. Gelatin is advantageously used as a condensing agent or protective colloid of the photographic emulsion, but other hydrophilic colloids can also be used. For example, gelatin derivatives, graft polymers of gelatin and other macromolecules, proteins such as albumin and casein; cellulose derivatives such as hydroxyethylcellulose, carboxymethylcellulose and cellulose sulfates; sugar derivatives such as sodium alginate and starch derivatives; polyvinyl alcohol Use of various kinds of synthetic hydrophilic high-molecular substances such as mono- or copolymers such as polyvinyl alcohol partial acetal, poly-N-vinylpyrrolidone, polyacrylic acid, polymethacrylic acid, polyacrylamide, polyvinylimidazole and polyvinylpyrazole Can be. As gelatin, in addition to lime-processed gelatin, acid-processed gelatin may be used, and gelatin hydrolyzate and gelatin enzyme hydrolyzate can also be used. The silver halide emulsion layer used in the present invention may contain a polymer latex such as an alkyl acrylate. As a support of the light-sensitive material of the present invention, cellulose triacetate, cellulose diacetate, nitrocellulose, polystyrene, polyethylene terephthalate paper, baryta-coated paper, polyolefin-coated paper and the like can be used.

The developing agent used in the developer used in the present invention is not particularly limited, but preferably contains dihydroxybenzenes in that good halftone dot quality can be easily obtained. A combination of -3-pyrazolidones or a combination of dihydroxybenzenes and p-aminophenols may be used. As the dihydroxybenzene developing agent used in the present invention, hydroquinone, chlorohydroquinone, bromohydroquinone, isopropylhydroquinone, methylhydroquinone, 2,3-dichlorohydroquinone, 2,5-dichlorohydroquinone, 2,3-dibromohydroquinone,
There are 2,5-dimethylhydroquinone and the like, but hydroquinone is particularly preferred. 1-phenyl- used in the present invention
The developing agent for 3-pyrazolidone or a derivative thereof is 1
-Phenyl-3-pyrazolidone, 1-phenyl-4,4
-Dimethyl-3-pyrazolidone, 1-phenyl-4-methyl-4-hydroxymethyl-3-pyrazolidone, 1-
Phenyl-4,4-dihydroxymethyl-3-pyrazolidone, 1-phenyl-5-methyl-3-pyrazolidone,
1-p-aminophenyl-4,4-dimethyl-3-pyrazolidone, 1-p-tolyl-4,4-dimethyl-3-pyrazolidone, 1-p-tolyl-4-methyl-4-hydroxymethyl-3- And pyrazolidone. Examples of the p-aminophenol-based developing agent used in the present invention include N-methyl-p-aminophenol, p-aminophenol and N-methylphenol.
-(Β-hydroxyethyl) -p-aminophenol,
There are N- (4-hydroxyphenyl) glycine, 2-methyl-p-aminophenol, p-benzylaminophenol and the like, among which N-methyl-p-aminophenol is preferable. The developing agent is preferably used in an amount of usually 0.05 mol / l to 0.8 mol / l. Also, dihydroxybenzenes and 1-phenyl-3-
When a combination with pyrazolidones or p-amino-phenols is used, the former is used in an amount of 0.05 mol / liter.
It is preferred to use 0.5 mol / l and the latter in an amount of 0.06 mol / l or less. Examples of the sulfite preservative used in the present invention include sodium sulfite, potassium sulfite, lithium sulfite, ammonium sulfite, sodium bisulfite, potassium metabisulfite, and formaldehyde sodium bisulfite. 0.3 mol of sulfite /
It is preferably at least liter, especially at least 0.4 mol / liter. The upper limit is up to 2.5 mol / l, especially 1.
It is preferably up to 2. Alkali agents used for setting the pH include sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate, sodium phosphate tribasic,
PH adjusters and buffers such as potassium tertiary phosphate, sodium silicate and potassium silicate are included. Compounds such as boric acid and borax as additives used in addition to the above components,
Development inhibitors such as sodium bromide, potassium bromide and potassium iodide: ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol,
Organic solvents such as triethylene glycol, dimethylformamide, methyl cellosolve, hexylene glycol, ethanol and methanol: 1-phenyl-5-mercaptotetrazole, 2-mercaptobenzimidazole-
Mercapto compounds such as 5-sulfonic acid sodium salt,
Indazole compounds such as 5-nitroindazole, 5
-It may contain an antifoggant such as a benztriazole-based compound such as methylbenztriazole, and may further contain, if necessary, a color tone agent, a surfactant, an antifoaming agent, a water softener, and a hardening agent. In particular, JP-A-56-10624
The amino compound described in No. 4 and the imidazole compound described in JP-B-48-35493 are preferred in terms of accelerating development or increasing sensitivity. The developer used in the present invention includes a compound described in JP-A-56-24347 as a silver stain preventive agent, and a compound described in JP-A-62-21 as an uneven development inhibitor.
No. 2,651) and compounds described in JP-A-61-267759 can be used as dissolution aids.

The fixing solution is an aqueous solution containing, if necessary, a hardening agent (for example, a water-soluble aluminum compound), acetic acid and a dibasic acid (for example, tartaric acid, citric acid or a salt thereof). , PH 3.8 or more, more preferably 4.0 to 6.5. Examples of the fixing agent include sodium thiosulfate, ammonium thiosulfate, and the like, and the effects of the present invention can be exhibited in any case. The amount of the fixing agent to be used can be appropriately changed, and is generally about 0.1 to about 5
Mol / l. The water-soluble aluminum salt mainly used as a hardening agent in the fixing solution is a compound generally known as a hardening agent for an acidic hardening fixing solution, and examples thereof include aluminum chloride, aluminum sulfate and potassium alum. The effects of the present invention are exhibited regardless of the presence or absence of a hardener. As the above-mentioned dibasic acid, tartaric acid or a derivative thereof, citric acid or a derivative thereof can be used alone or in combination of two or more. It is effective that these compounds contain 0.005 mol or more per liter of the fixing solution, and particularly 0.01 to 0.03 mol / l is particularly effective. Specifically, there are tartaric acid, potassium tartrate, sodium tartrate, potassium sodium tartrate, ammonium tartrate, potassium ammonium tartrate, and the like. Examples of citric acid or a derivative thereof effective in the present invention include citric acid, sodium citrate, potassium citrate, and the like. The fixing solution may further contain a preservative (for example, sulfite or bisulfite), if desired.
It may contain a pH buffer (eg, acetic acid, boric acid), a pH adjuster (eg, ammonia, sulfuric acid), an image preserving agent (eg, potassium iodide), and a chelating agent. Here, the pH buffer is used in an amount of 10 to 40 g / liter, more preferably about 18 to 25 g / liter, because the pH of the developer is high. The light-sensitive material of the present invention exhibits excellent performance in rapid development processing by an automatic developing machine having a preprocessing time of 15 seconds to 60 seconds. In the rapid development processing of the present invention, the temperature and time for development and fixing are each about 25 ° C. to 50 ° C. for 25 seconds or less, preferably 30 ° C. to 40 ° C. for 4 seconds to 15 seconds.

In the present invention, the light-sensitive material is subjected to washing or stabilization after development and fixing. Here, in the rinsing step, water can be saved by using a two- or three-stage countercurrent rinsing method. When washing with a small amount of washing water, a squeeze roller washing tank is preferably provided. Further, part or all of the overflow solution from the washing bath or the stabilizing bath can be used as a fixing solution as described in JP-A-60-235133. By doing so, the amount of waste liquid is reduced, which is more preferable. The washing water may contain a fungicide (for example, a compound described in Horiguchi, Chemistry of Bacterial and Mold Prevention, JP-A-62-115154), a washing accelerator (such as a sulfite), a chelating agent and the like. It may be contained. The temperature and time of the water washing or stabilizing bath according to the above method are 0 ° C to 50 ° C for 5 seconds to 30 seconds, preferably 15 ° C to 40 ° C for 4 seconds to 20 seconds. In the present invention, the photosensitive material that has been developed, fixed and washed with water is dried through a squeeze roller. Drying at 40 ° C ~ 80 ° C for 4 seconds ~
It takes 30 seconds. The total processing time in the present invention means that after inserting the leading end of the film into the insertion opening of the automatic developing machine, a developing tank, a transfer section, a fixing tank, a transfer section, a washing tank, a transfer section,
This is the total time from passing through the drying section to exiting the drying outlet from the leading edge of the film. There is no particular limitation on the reducer used in the present invention, and for example, those described in the above-mentioned "Theory of the Photography Process" by Mees are effectively used. That is, a permanganate, a persulfate, a ferric salt, a cupric salt, a ceric salt, an erythrocyte salt, a dichromate and other reducing components are used alone or in combination. Or a reducing solution containing an inorganic acid or alcohol, or a reducing agent such as red blood salt or ferric ethylenediaminetetraacetate, and a silver halide such as thiosulfate, rodane salt, thiourea or a derivative thereof. A reducer containing a solvent and, if necessary, an inorganic acid such as sulfuric acid is used. The reducer used in the present invention may further contain a compound having a mercapto group as described in JP-A-52-68419, if necessary. There are no particular restrictions on the composition of the reducer used in the reduction treatment of the present invention and on the treatment conditions (temperature, time, etc.), and those skilled in the art can appropriately determine the composition. The description of the following patent can be referred to for the reducing fluid and the reducing method. JP-A-51-140733 and JP-A-52-684.
No. 19, No. 53-14901, No. 54-119236
No. 54-119237, No. 55-2245, No. 55-2244, No. 55-17123, No. 55-7
Nos. 9444 and 55-81344 Hereinafter, the present invention will be described more specifically with reference to Examples.

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Example 1 Preparation of Emulsion A 1 solution water 1.0 liter gelatin 20 g sodium chloride 20 g 1,3-dimethylimidazolidin-2-thione 20 mg sodium benzenethiosulfonate 6 mg 2 solutions water 400 ml silver nitrate 100 g 3 solutions water 400 ml chloride Sodium 30.5 g Potassium bromide 14.0 g Potassium hexachloroiridate (III) 15 ml (0.001% aqueous solution) Ammonium hexabromorhodate (III) 1.5 ml (0.001% aqueous solution) 38 ° C, pH 4.5 Solution 2 and solution 3 are added simultaneously to solution 1 while stirring over 10 minutes.
Core particles were formed. Subsequently, the following liquids 4 and 5 were added over 10 minutes. Further, 0.15 g of potassium iodide was added to terminate the particle formation. 4 liquid 400 ml of water 100 g of silver nitrate 5 liquid 400 ml of water 30.5 g of sodium chloride 14.0 g of potassium bromide K ₄ Fe (CN) ₆ (amount in Table 1) Thereafter, water was washed by flocculation according to a conventional method, and gelatin was washed. 30 g were added.

This was divided into two equal parts, the pH was adjusted to 5.5, the pAg was adjusted to 7.5, 3.7 mg of sodium thiosulfate and 6.2 mg of chloroauric acid were added, and the optimum sensitivity was obtained at 65 ° C. Chemical sensitization. One emulsion was adjusted to pH 5.3, pAg to 7.5, 2.6 mg sodium thiosulfate and N, N
1.0 mg of dimethylselenourea and 6.2 mg of chloroauric acid were added, 4 mg of sodium benzenethiosulfonate and 1 mg of sodium benzenesulfinate were added, and the mixture was chemically sensitized at 55 ° C. so as to obtain an optimum sensitivity.

Preparation of Comparative Emulsion B An average grain finally containing 20 mol% of silver chloride was prepared in exactly the same manner as in Emulsion A except that 9.9 g and 56 g of sodium chloride and potassium bromide were used in the third and fifth solutions, respectively. 0.18μ diameter
Thus, a silver iodochlorobromide cubic grain emulsion was obtained. Preparation of Coated Sample Orthosensitizing dye (VI-1) was added to the above emulsion at 5 × 10 ⁻⁴ mol / mol Ag to perform orthosensitization. Further, hydroquinone and 1-phenyl-5-mercaptotetrazole were used as antifoggants in an amount of 2.5
g, 50 mg, polyethyl acrylate latex gelatin binder ratio of 25% as a plasticizer, in addition to 2-bis (vinylsulfonyl acetamide) ethane as a hardening agent, Ag3.0g / m ² on a polyester support, gelatin 1. The coating was performed so as to be 0 g / m ² . A protective layer was simultaneously applied thereon. At this time, a matting agent (polymethyl methacrylate having an average particle size of 3.4 μm) was added as a non-photosensitive upper layer so that the amount became 0.10 g / m ² and the amount of coated gelatin became 1.0 g / m ^2. P- as coating aid
Sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate and structural formula (VI-2)
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The support of the sample used in this example has a back layer and a back protective layer having the following composition. Back layer Gelatin 2.0 g / m ² Sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate 80 mg / m ² Dye (VI-3) 70 mg / m ² Dye (VI-4) 70 mg / m ² Dye (VI-5) 90 mg / m ² 1, 3-divinylsulfonyl-2-propanol 60 mg / m ²

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[0067] Back protective layer Gelatin 0.5 g / m ² Polymethyl methacrylate (particle size 4.7 [mu] m) 30 mg / m ² sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate 20 mg / m ² containing fluorine surfactant (VI-2) 2mg / m 2 Evaluation of Silicone Oil 100 mg / m ² Sample The obtained sample was exposed to xenon flash light having an emission time of 10 ⁻⁵ sec through an interference filter having a peak at 488 nm, and an automatic developing machine manufactured by Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. FG
Sensitometry was performed using -710NH at the temperature and time indicated below. However, the developer and the fixer are LD835 and LF308 manufactured by Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., respectively.
Was used. Developing 38 ° C 14 seconds Fixing 37 ° C 9.7 seconds Washing 26 ° C 9 seconds Squeeze 2.4 seconds Drying 55 ° C 8.3 seconds Total 43.4 seconds The sensitivity is defined as the reciprocal of the exposure that gives a density of 3.0. Are shown in Table 1. Further, the characteristic curves show that the concentrations are 0.1 and 3.0.
Table 1 also shows the gradient of the straight line connecting the points (1) and (2) as gradation.

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As can be seen from Table 1, the present invention has a high sensitivity and a high processing speed.

Example 2 Table 2 shows the results when 3 × 10 ⁻⁵ mol / Ag mol of the compound shown in Table 2 was used instead of K ₄ Fe (CN) ₆ in Emulsion A.

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As can be seen from Table 2, the present invention has high sensitivity and rapid processing suitability.

Example 3 The following developing solution and fixing solution were placed in an automatic developing machine FG710NH, the coated silver amount was 3.6 g / m ² , and the halogen composition was 70%.
The following developing solution and fixing solution were replenished with a mol% silver chlorobromide film at a blackening ratio of 50% at a rate of 180 cc / m ^2.
Was 0m ² processing. No. 1 of Example 1 was added to the solution. Evaluation was made through samples similar to 1 to 6. Table 3 shows the results. Developer Diethylenetriamine-pentaacetic acid 2.0 g Sodium carbonate 5.0 g Boric acid 10.0 g Potassium sulfite 85.0 g Sodium bromide 6.0 g Diethylene glycol 40.0 g 5-methylbenzotriazole 0.2 g Hydroquinone 30.0 g 4-hydroxymethyl -4-methyl-1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidone 1.6 g Compound (a) 2,3,5,6,7,8-hexahydro-2-thioxo-4- (1H) -quinazolinone 0.09 g 2 -0.3 g of sodium mercaptobenzimidazole-5-sulfonate Add potassium hydroxide, add water to make 1 liter and adjust the pH to 10.7. 1 liter Fixing solution Sodium thiosulfate pentahydrate 300 g Sodium sulfite 7 g Sodium metabisulfite 20 g EDTA 0.025 g Compound (b) 0.25 mol Add water to 1 liter to adjust pH to 5.7.

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According to the present invention, there is provided a silver halide light-sensitive material which has a high sensitivity at the time of high illuminance short time exposure and which provides a good image quality even when a low replenishing amount is processed by a rapid processing. Obtained.

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A silver halide photographic material having at least one light-sensitive emulsion layer containing silver halide grains on a support, wherein the silver halide grains contain 30 silver chloride.
Silver halide is at least 10 mol%,
Contain ^-8 mol to 10 ^-6 mol of an iridium compound, containing at least one 10 ^-6 mol to 10 ^-3 mol of iron against Katsugin, rhenium, ruthenium, osmium compound, and wherein A silver halide photographic material , wherein the light-sensitive emulsion is sensitized with a selenium sensitizer, provided that the light-sensitive material is a dye image-forming coupler.
Except when it contains). 2. The method for developing a silver halide photographic material according to claim 1, wherein the processing is performed by an automatic developing machine having a total processing time of 15 to 60 seconds. 3. The line speed is 1000 mm / min.
3. The method for developing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material according to claim 1, wherein the processing is performed using the above automatic developing machine. 4. A replenishing amount of a developing solution and a fixing solution is 200 cc each.
Developing method for processing a silver halide photographic material as claimed in claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that the processing / m ² or less is using an automatic developing machine.