US2444803A - Photographic developer containing disodium salts of monohydric phenol monoacids - Google Patents
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- Applic This invention relates to photographic develop ers, and more particularly to developers in which theusual alkalies are replaced by compositions new'for the'purpose'.
- One object of my invention isto provide airstable, moisture-resistant alkalies' for use in phot-ographic developers. Another object is to provide alkalies which will give, in photographic developers, approximately the same alkalinity as sodium hydroxide. Another object is to provide stable, non-caking, ready-mixed, dry developer powders. Other objects will hereinafter appear.
- Alkaline developers have been known and used for many years. These developers usually contain developing agents, a so-called preservative, such as sodium sulfite, and an alkali.
- a so-called preservative such as sodium sulfite
- an alkali One of the oldest and most useful alkalies used in photographic developers is sodium hydroxide, otherwise known as caustic soda. The degree of alkality which it confers upon a developer has been found to be most suitable for certain purposes.
- sodium hydroxide is deliquescent and corrosive, and for this reason is difficult to handle, weight, store and package.
- packaged developer powders which, because of their convenience and uniformity, are very popular among both amateur and professional photographers, sodium hydroxide is apt to cause caking, discoloration, and deterioration of the powder.
- disodium salts of monohydric phenol monoacids in which the acid radical is selected from the group consisting of the carboxyl radical and the sulfo radical are suitable for use in photographic developers in which it is desired to have the alkaline properties of sodium hydroxide without its undesirable properties.
- the salts whose use as alkalies in developers comes within the scope of my invention are the disodium salts of the following compounds:
- the diso-dium salts of the monohydric phenol monocarboxylic and monosulfonic acids are nonhygroscopic solids, stable to the atmosphere, convenient to package and handle. They can be mixed directly with the sodium sulfite of the developer for packaging. When they are dissolved in water, the phenate group hydrolyzes. The sodium carboxylate or sodium sulfonate group is very little hydrolyzed. The sodium carboxylate or sodium sulfonate group causes the phenolic compound resulting from the hydrolysis to remain in solution.
- a photographic developer in dry form, containing a. developing agentt-and, as an alkali, a
- disodium salt of a monohydric phenol monoacid selected from the group consisting of salicylic acid, p-phenolsulfonic acid, 2,3-naphtho1 carboxylic acid, 2-naphthol-7-sulfonic acid, 2,3- cresotic acid (2-hydro1w-3-methy1 benzoic acid), and 4-chloro phenol 2-sulfonic acid.
- a photographic developer in dry form, containing a. developing agent and, as an alkali,
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Patented July 6, 1948 rno'roonarrnc nsvnmrsn CONTAINING DISODIUM SALTS or MONOHYDRIOPHE- on MONOACIDS Frederic R. Bean, Rochester, N. Y., assignor to Y Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, N. Y., a g :corporation of? New Jersey V No Drawing.
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Applic This invention relates to photographic develop ers, and more particularly to developers in which theusual alkalies are replaced by compositions new'for the'purpose'.
' One object of my invention isto provide airstable, moisture-resistant alkalies' for use in phot-ographic developers. Another object is to provide alkalies which will give, in photographic developers, approximately the same alkalinity as sodium hydroxide. Another object is to provide stable, non-caking, ready-mixed, dry developer powders. Other objects will hereinafter appear.
Alkaline developers have been known and used for many years. These developers usually contain developing agents, a so-called preservative, such as sodium sulfite, and an alkali. One of the oldest and most useful alkalies used in photographic developers is sodium hydroxide, otherwise known as caustic soda. The degree of alkality which it confers upon a developer has been found to be most suitable for certain purposes. However, sodium hydroxide is deliquescent and corrosive, and for this reason is difficult to handle, weight, store and package. Moreover, when used in ready-mixed, packaged developer powders, which, because of their convenience and uniformity, are very popular among both amateur and professional photographers, sodium hydroxide is apt to cause caking, discoloration, and deterioration of the powder.
I have discovered that the disodium salts of monohydric phenol monoacids in which the acid radical is selected from the group consisting of the carboxyl radical and the sulfo radical are suitable for use in photographic developers in which it is desired to have the alkaline properties of sodium hydroxide without its undesirable properties. Examples of the salts whose use as alkalies in developers comes within the scope of my invention are the disodium salts of the following compounds:
COOH
Salicylic acid S O aH p-Phenolsulionic acid ation August 2':7, 194 5, v I Serial No. 613,0,16 v
2, 3-iiaphthol carboxylic acid: I
HOsS OH 2-naphtl1ol-7-sulfonic acid HO O O OH:
2, 3-cresotic acid (2-hydroxy-3-methyl benzoic acid) 4-chloro phenol 2-sulionic acid The disodium salt of any of these acids, in aqueous solution, gives practically the same pH as an equimol-ecular concentration of sodium hydroxide.
When a disodium salt of a monohydric phenol monocarboxylic acid is used as an alkali in a developer solution, the activity of the developer is the same as when an equimolecular Weight of sodium hydroxide is used. However, when a disodium salt of a monohydric phenol monosulfonic acid is used, the developer does not have the activity it would have if an equimolecular weight of sodium hydroxide were used. The sodium sulfonate group markedly restrains development.
The diso-dium salts of the monohydric phenol monocarboxylic and monosulfonic acids are nonhygroscopic solids, stable to the atmosphere, convenient to package and handle. They can be mixed directly with the sodium sulfite of the developer for packaging. When they are dissolved in water, the phenate group hydrolyzes. The sodium carboxylate or sodium sulfonate group is very little hydrolyzed. The sodium carboxylate or sodium sulfonate group causes the phenolic compound resulting from the hydrolysis to remain in solution.
As illustrative examples of developers embodying my invention, I give the following:
For use dissolve in 300 of water.
What I claim as mydnvention and desire to be secured by Letters-Patent of the United States is:
1. A photographic developer, in dry form, containing a. developing agentt-and, as an alkali, a
disodium salt of a monohydric phenol monoacid selected from the group consisting of salicylic acid, p-phenolsulfonic acid, 2,3-naphtho1 carboxylic acid, 2-naphthol-7-sulfonic acid, 2,3- cresotic acid (2-hydro1w-3-methy1 benzoic acid), and 4-chloro phenol 2-sulfonic acid.
'12.: A photographic developer; in .diyi form, con- ':'taining la-ideveiopingwageiit iaiii' as-an alkali,
disodium salicylate. 3. A photographic developer, in dry form, containing a. developing agent and, as an alkali,
FREDERIC R. BEAN. REFERENCES CITED 1'1lhe .:following=references are of record in the wU-N'I'IED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date @12432542 Dleterle Oct. 17, 1922 2,017,167 Russell Oct. 15, 1935 0 laosaaee Russell l toot. 12,1937
7 L OTHER" REFERENCES A Henney Du'dley, Handbook .ofTPhotography, McGraweHill, New York, 1939,,.' pagei2i338 cited. (Copy iri 'Divfi?
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| US2618558A (en) * | 1949-04-12 | 1952-11-18 | Eastman Kodak Co | Photographic developers comprising an n,n - dialkyl-p-phenylenediamine and a benzenesulfonate |
| US3520690A (en) * | 1965-06-25 | 1970-07-14 | Fuji Photo Film Co Ltd | Process for controlling dye gradation in color photographic element |
| US3486893A (en) * | 1966-10-03 | 1969-12-30 | Du Pont | Process of producing conductive images including addition of salicylic acid to developing solutions to counteract emulsion ageing |
| US4414307A (en) * | 1982-02-24 | 1983-11-08 | Eastman Kodak Company | Method and composition for preparation of photographic color developing solutions |
| US4543322A (en) * | 1983-03-31 | 1985-09-24 | Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. | Process for the processing of color photographic silver halide light-sensitive material |
| US4753869A (en) * | 1984-11-30 | 1988-06-28 | Ciba-Geigy Ag | Photographic developing agents containing stable, soluble, pyrazolidinones |
| US5573893A (en) * | 1990-11-28 | 1996-11-12 | Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. | Method for processing a silver halide color photographic material |
| US5780211A (en) * | 1991-05-01 | 1998-07-14 | Konica Corporation | Processing composition in the tablet form for silver halide photographic light-sensitive material |
| US5362610A (en) * | 1991-10-28 | 1994-11-08 | Konica Corporation | Photographic processing agent |
| EP0678781A1 (en) * | 1994-02-03 | 1995-10-25 | Konica Corporation | Solid processing agent for silver halide photographic light-sensitive materials |
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