US2478369A - Supersensitized silver halide photographic emulsion - Google Patents

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US2478369A
US2478369A US638492A US63849245A US2478369A US 2478369 A US2478369 A US 2478369A US 638492 A US638492 A US 638492A US 63849245 A US63849245 A US 63849245A US 2478369 A US2478369 A US 2478369A
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  • Supersensitization differs from hypersensitization which involves treatment of finished films or plate, an operation which normally reduces the pAg and increases the pH of the emulsion, with consequent decreased stability.
  • a photographic silver halide emulsion other than a chloride emulsion e. g. silver chlorobromide, silver bromide or silver bromiodide emulsions, spectrally sensitized with a cyanine dye is supersensitized by incorporating in the emulsion certain pyridine bases.
  • Our invention is directed principally to emulsions of such grain size that the emulsions give a substantially neutral-toned image in Eastman Kodak Companys D-76 developer, and. should not be confused with prior proposals to obtain blue-black tones in fine-grain emulsions by means of heterocyclic nitrogen bases.
  • our invention involves incorporation of the pyridine bases in the emulsions before exposure of the emulsion and should not be confused with proposals to develop with'color-iorming developers 2 silver-salt images, in the presence of certain heterocyclic nitrogen bases which contain a reactive methyl group.
  • the pyridine bases employed in practicing our invention are of a specific type and can be defined as pyridine bases containing, attached to at least one of the carbon atoms of the pyridine nucleus, a substituent selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups, alkoxyl groups, hydroxyalkyl groups, aryl groups, aryloxyl groups, alkylmercapto groups, arylmercapto groups, acyloxyl groups and halogen atoms.
  • substituents selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups, alkoxyl groups, hydroxyalkyl groups, aryl groups, aryloxyl groups, alkylmercapto groups, arylmercapto groups, acyloxyl groups and halogen atoms.
  • exemplary of these pyridine bases are:
  • cyanine dyes which are supersensitized by these pyridine bases are characterized by the fact that the dyes produce two types of sensitization depending upon conditions. Such diiierent types of sensitization are described by Leermakers, Carroll and Staud, J. Chem. Physics 5, 878 (1937) and by G. Schwarz, Sci. et Ind. Phot. 10, 233 (1939).
  • a cyanine dye of this type When a cyanine dye of this type is used as a sensitizer in low concentration, it exhibits a sensitizing maximum displaced about 20 to mu toward the red from the absorption maximum in ethyl alcohol solution.
  • sensitizing .dyes Ordinarily from 10 to mg. of dye per liter of emulsion will sumce to produce the optimum sensitizing effect.
  • the methods of incorporating sensitizing .dyes in emulsions are well known to those skilled in the art. Ordinarily it is preferable to dissolve the dye in a water-miscible solvent, such as methanol or ethanol, before incorporating in the emulsion.
  • a water-miscible solvent such as methanol or ethanol
  • the amount of pyridine base employed is not critical. Usually the full supersensitizing effect is developed at a concentration of 0.10 t0 1.5 grams per liter of emulsion. At these concerntrations practically none of the pyridine bases has an appreciable effect on the pH of the emulsion.
  • the pyridine bases can be added to the emuls ons with, before or after the sensitizing dye or dyes. More than one pyridine base can be employed.
  • the pyridine bases are preferably, but not necessarily, diluted with a water-miscible solvent, such as methanol, before incorporation in the emulsions.
  • the sensitizing dye or dyes and the pyridine base or bases can be added to the emulsions at any convenient stage of their preparation, but preferably to the washed, finished emulsions before coating.
  • Example 1 A fast negative gelatino-silver-bromiodide developing-out emulsion was sensitized with 3,3'-diethyl-9-methylselenacarboeyanine bromide (20 mg. per liter of emulsion) and to separate portions of the spectrally sensitized emulsion were added various picolines, one to each portion. A lportion of the spectrally sensitized emulsion without any picoline, and. the other portions containing the picolines, were exposed through red (Wratten No. 25) and minus blue (Wratten No.
  • Example 3 A fast negative gelatinossilver bromiodide developing-out emulsion was sensitized with 3,3'-diethyl-9-methylselenacarbocyanine bromide (20 mg. per liter of emulsion) and to separate portions of the spectrally sensitized emulsion were added various lutidines, one to each portion. A portion of the spectrally sensitized emulsion without any lutidine, and the other portions containing the lutidines, were exposed through red (Wratten No. .25) and minus blue (Wratten No. 12) filters. The results are tabulated below:
  • the accompanying drawing illustrates graphically the supersensitizing effect obtained with three of our new [combinations in a gelatinosilver-bromiodide emulsion.
  • Each figure in the drawing is a diagrammatic reproduction of two spectrograms.
  • curve A represents the sensitivity of a gelatino-silver-bromiodide emulsion containing 3,3-diethyl-Q-methylselenacarbocyanine bromide in a concentration of 20 mg. per liter of emulsion.
  • Curve B represents the sensitivity of the same emulsion containing 3,3 diethyl 9 methylselenacarbocyanine bromide in a concentration of 20 mg.
  • curve C represents the sensitivity of a gelatino-silver-bromiodide emulsion containing 3,3 diethyl 9 methylselenacarbocyanine bromide in a concentration of 20 mg. per liter of emulsion.
  • Curve D represents the sensitivity of the same emulsion; containi g .3'-d y1- 9-methylselenacarbocyanine bromide in a concentration of 20 mg.
  • curve E represents the sensitivity of a gelatino-silver-brorniodide emulsion containing 3,3 diethyl 9 methylselenacarbocyanine bromide in a concentration of 20 mg. per liter of emulsion.
  • Curve F represents the sensitivity of the same emulsion containing 3,3 diethyle 9-rnethylselenacarbocyanine bromide in a concentration of 20 mg. per liter of emulsion and containing, in addition, ZA-lutidine in a concentration of 1.25 g. per liter Cif emulsion.
  • Our invention is primarily directed to the customarily employed gclatino-silver-halide developing-out emulsions, such as gelatino-silverchlorobromide, gelatino-silver-br0mide and gelatino-silver-bromiodide developing-out emulsions, especially emulsions for development to blackand-white images by means of non-color-forming developers, e. g. hydroquinone-N-methyl-p-amino-phenol developers.
  • non-color-forming developers e. g. hydroquinone-N-methyl-p-amino-phenol developers.
  • Emulsions prepared in accordance with our invention can be coated in the usual manner upon any desired support, such as cellulose nitrate support, cellulose acetate support, polyvinyl acetal resin support, metal support, glass support or paper support.
  • a photographic silver halide emulsion selected from the group consisting of silver chlorobromide, silver bromide and silver bromiodide emulsions spectrally sensitized with a sensitizing cyanine dye and containing, as a supersensitizer, a pyridine base containing on a carbon atom of the pyridine nucleus, a member selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups, alkoxyl groups, halogen atoms, acyloxyl groups, alkylmercapto groups and aryl groups of the benzene series.
  • a photographic silver halide developing-out emulsion selected from a group consisting of silver chlorobromide, silver bromide and silver bromiodide developing-out emulsions spectrally sensitized with a sensitizing cyanine dye and containing, as a supersensitizer, a pyridine base containing on a carbon atom of the pyridine nucleus, a member selected from the group consisting of allryl groups, alkoxyl groups, halogen atoms, acyloxyl groups, alkylmercapto groups and aryl groups of the benzene series.
  • a photographic gelatino-silver-halide developing-out emulsion selected from the group consisting of gelatino-silver-chlorobromide, gelatino-silver-bromide and gelatino-silver-bromiodide developing-out emulsions spectrally sensitized with a sensitizing cyanine dye and containing, as a supersensitizer, a pyridine base containing on a carbon atom of the pyridine nucleus, a member selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups, alkoxyl groups, halogen atoms, acyloxyl groups, alkylmercapto groups and aryl groups of the benzene series.
  • a photographic gelatino-silver halide dc-- veloping-out emulsion selected from the group consisting of gelatino-silver-chlorobromide, gelatino-silver-bromide and gelatino-silver-bromiodide developing-out emulsions spectrally sensitize-d with a cyanine dye which produces a maximum of spectral sensitivity in the emulsion at one concentration and a higher concentration, or upon digestion of the emulsion containing the dye at the lower concentration, produces a second maximum of spectral sensitivity at a wave length longer than that of the first maximum, said emulsion containing, as a supersensitizer, a pyridine base containing on a carbon atom of the pyridine nucleus, a member selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups, alkoxyl groups, halogen atoms, acyloxyl groups, alkylmercapto groups and aryl

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US2860981A (en) * 1956-05-21 1958-11-18 Eastman Kodak Co Supersensitization of photographic silver halide emulsions
US2860982A (en) * 1956-05-21 1958-11-18 Eastman Kodak Co Supersensitization of photographic silver halide emulsions
US4049456A (en) * 1975-04-14 1977-09-20 Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd. Light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material

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US2860981A (en) * 1956-05-21 1958-11-18 Eastman Kodak Co Supersensitization of photographic silver halide emulsions
US2860982A (en) * 1956-05-21 1958-11-18 Eastman Kodak Co Supersensitization of photographic silver halide emulsions
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