US2824001A - Stabilized photographic silver halide emulsions - Google Patents

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US2824001A
US2824001A US559097A US55909756A US2824001A US 2824001 A US2824001 A US 2824001A US 559097 A US559097 A US 559097A US 55909756 A US55909756 A US 55909756A US 2824001 A US2824001 A US 2824001A
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    • G03CPHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIALS FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC PURPOSES; PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES, e.g. CINE, X-RAY, COLOUR, STEREO-PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES; AUXILIARY PROCESSES IN PHOTOGRAPHY
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  • This invention relates to fog-inhibiting agents and sta-*- bilizers for photographic emulsions, and to photographic em l i s containing th m- It is well known that photographic emulsions .on storagetend. to lose sensitivity .and to become spontaneously developable without exposure to light. Thereis normally a detectable amount of thesilver salt reducedduring de velopment in the areas where noexposure was-"given; this; is commonly called fog, and sometimes called chemical :fog? where it is necessary to distinguish be tween it and the efiects of. accidental exposure to" radi"ation; in thisinvention, we are not "concerned with the latter.
  • Fog depends both on the emulsion :and the conditions of development; for a'given emulsion it increases with the. degree of development. Withconstant development conditions, it tends to increase with time, temperature and relative humidity of storage conditions; it is common practice to make accelerated tests of the stabilityofph otographic emulsions by storage at increased temperature or humidity, or both. It is, of course, desirable to have emulsions as stable as possible under the conditions of high temperature and humidity which may occur rump ical climates, for example. Fog usually appears over the whole area of the sensitive coating, but when severe, it frequently is non-uniform.
  • Fog may also be caused by exposure to chemicals, for example, hydrogen sulfide and other reactive sulfur compounds, hydrogen peroxide vapor, and strongly reducing materials. While antifoggants and stabilizers may protect, to somev extent, against such eflects, it is normally understood that an antif oggantprotects against spontaneous growth of fog during prolonged storage or storage at high temperatures, and humidities, o ma mu con a n p e or both.
  • chemicals for example, hydrogen sulfide and other reactive sulfur compounds, hydrogen peroxide vapor, and strongly reducing materials.
  • antifoggants and stabilizers may protect, to somev extent, against such eflects, it is normally understood that an antif oggantprotects against spontaneous growth of fog during prolonged storage or storage at high temperatures, and humidities, o ma mu con a n p e or both.
  • a further object of our invention is to maintain the sensitivity and fog of silver halide emulsions atlor close to initial optimum. values under keeping conditions of high temperature and humidity.
  • a further ,Qbject is to prous hbt s aph sil er ha i e emulsions cont inin a t ifq san 9 s a i s,- Q h obi e s i l use ana snt rom a.
  • the fog inhibitors which we propose to use are added to the emulsion duringf t-he-process of manufacture, to avoid loss of sensitivity and to inhibit the growth of fog with passage of time under non-ideal conditions of stor-
  • a solution of thecompounds of the insventiori when concentration, befoi'e coatihg"," to 'unsensitized, chemically sensitized, or optically sensitized ph tographic emulsions does not appregiably .afiect the sensitometric values for sensitivity and fog when measurements are made soon after coating. When sensitometric measurements are madeat, appreciable intervals of time, at elevated temperatures and, dry or somewhat humid conditions, these compounds do stabilize photographic speed and maintain fogat a low level.
  • photographic emulsions used in practicing our invention are generally of-the developing-out type; also, it is to be understood that photographic emulsions of varying halide content can advantageously be used.
  • antifoggant compounds used in our invention have been found particularly useful when employed in conjunction with gelatino-silver bromiodide emulsions, although they can also be advantageously employed for stabilizing other silver halide emulsions, such as gelatinosilver chloride, bromide, chlorobromide, chlorobromiodide, etc.
  • the emulsions can also be chemically sensitized by any of the accepted procedures.
  • the emulsions can be digested with naturally active gelatin, or sulfur compounds can be added such as those described in Sheppard U. S. Patent 1,574,944 and U. S. 1,623,499, and Sheppard and Brigham U. S. Patent 2,410,689.
  • the emulsions can also be treated with salts of the noble metals such as ruthenium, rhodium, palladium. iridium and platinum, all of which belong to group VIII of the periodic table of elements and have an atomic weight greater than 100.
  • Representative compounds are ammonium chloropalladate, potassium chloroplatinate and sodium chloropalladite, which are used for sensitizing in amounts below that which produces any substantial fog inhibition, as described in Smith and Trivelli U. S. Patent 2,448,060, and as antifoggants in higher amounts, as described in Trivelli and Smith U. S. Patents 2,566,245 and 2.566.263.
  • the emulsions can also be chemically sensitized with gold salts as described in Waller and Dodd U. S. Patent 2.399.083, or stabilized with gold salts as described in Damschroder U. S. Patent 2,597,856 and Yutzy and .amines such as spermine (Lowe and Allen U. S. Patent 2,521,925), or bis-(p-aminoethyl) sulfide and its water- U. S. Patent 2,521,926).
  • the emulsions can also be stabilized with the mercury compounds'of Allen, Byers and Murray U. S. applica- U. S. Patent No. 2,728,663,
  • the stabilizing combinations of aminothiazoles are effective in the presence or absence of optical sensitiz.
  • the antifoggant and stabilizing action was determined by incubation of the emulsions for the times indicated in the following table at a temperature of 120 F. and constant relative humidity (obtained by placing the emulsions in closed containers, the ambient temperature being about F. and relative humidity about 55 percent prior to scaling the containers)
  • the efficiency'of the various antifoggants was determined by measuring the speed, gamma and fog of the incubated emulsions containing an antifoggant and comparing these measurements with those of the same batch of emulsion before incubation. Also similar measurements were-madeon a photographic emulsion containing no antifoggant,'both before and after incubation.
  • the tests were made using high speed silver bromiodide emulsions (coated on cellulose acetate supports), WhlCh had been panchromatically sensitized.
  • the emulsions were exposedin an Eastman Type Ib sensitometer and developed, for the times indicated in the table, using the developers indicated.
  • the spee'd,-gamma and fog for the emulsions were then measured as indicated above.
  • the compounds of Formula I above wherein R is an alkyl group can be prepared by simply intermixing an alkaline solution of a compound of Formula I wherein R is a hydrogen atom with an alkyl salt, e. g., methyl sulphate, ethyl sulphate, etc.
  • an alkyl salt e. g., methyl sulphate, ethyl sulphate, etc.
  • the desired compounds separate from the aqueous solutions. It is to be understood that it is the product (or products) of this reaction which are contemplated by Formula I above wherein R is an alkyl group.
  • Suitable dispersing agents for the silver halide emulsions stabilizec' according to our invention comprise gelatin, or othei as collodion, albumen, cellulose organic derivatives, synthetic resins, etc.
  • a'given eniulsion will vary depending on the resence of emulsion addenda, such as che'micalsensitizers, optical sensitizers, era: In general, w have foundthat from 0.001 to 5.0 goof fog-inhibiting agent'p er mole of silver halide is sufilcient for the purposes of our invention.
  • thefog inhibiting agent instead of adding,thefog inhibiting agent directly to the photographic emulsion, it is sometimes desirable to incorporate thefog-inhibiting agent in a separate layer which is placed in contact with the silver halide emulsion layer which is to be stabilized. Under such conditions, of course, it is advisable to use a higher concentration of fog-inhibiting agent than indicated above.
  • R represents a member selected from the group consisting of an alkoxyl group and an amino group
  • R represents a member selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and a lower alkyl group.
  • R represents a member selectedfrom the group consisting of an ethoxyl group and ari amino'group and R represents .a member selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atornand a methyl group.
  • a photographic silver halide emulsion containing a compound represented by the following formula:

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US3457078A (en) * 1964-03-11 1969-07-22 Agfa Ag Supersensitized silver halide emulsions
US4138265A (en) * 1977-06-27 1979-02-06 Eastman Kodak Company Antifoggants in certain photographic and photothermographic materials that include silver salts of 3-amino-1,2,4-mercaptotriazole
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