US3161520A - Fog reduction in photographic silver halide emulsions - Google Patents

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US3161520A
US3161520A US243745A US24374562A US3161520A US 3161520 A US3161520 A US 3161520A US 243745 A US243745 A US 243745A US 24374562 A US24374562 A US 24374562A US 3161520 A US3161520 A US 3161520A
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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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    • G03C1/06Silver halide emulsions; Preparation thereof; Physical treatment thereof; Incorporation of additives therein with non-macromolecular additives
    • G03C1/34Fog-inhibitors; Stabilisers; Agents inhibiting latent image regression
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  • This invention relates to photographic materials and to methods of preparing them. More particularly, this invention relates to light-sensitive silver halide emulsions containing as a stabilizing and antifogging agent a 3-hydroxymethylazolethione.
  • an object of this invention to produce a light-sensitive emulsion which is fast, stable, has a reduced tendency to fog and has good contrast.
  • a further object of this invention resides in a lightsensitive emulsion which contains a compound which stabilizes the emulsion against fogging and at the same time does not materially reduce the speed and/or the contrast of the emulsion.
  • azolethiones the use of which is contemplated herein, may be represented by the following formula:
  • a lower alkyl radical e.g., methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, butyl, isobutyl, amyl
  • a carbon group e.g., methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, butyl, isobutyl, amyl; a carbon group;
  • Y is an oxygen or sulfur atom.
  • Such addition may be made before, during or after the addition of the soluble silver salt to the soluble halide in the presence of a suitable colloid, such as gelatin, polyvinyl alcohol, solubilized casein or albumin.
  • a suitable colloid such as gelatin, polyvinyl alcohol, solubilized casein or albumin.
  • antifogging agent of our invention is added to the emulsion just prior to coating it on a suitable support such as glass, paper, or film at a time when the emulsion has nearly attained its maximum sensitivity.
  • the antifogging and stabilizing compounds of our invention in a separate layer such as an undercoating layer or in an antiabrasion gelatin surface. Sometimes it is desirable to incorporate the compounds in one or all processing baths or in the preand post-baths.
  • the antifoggants of our invention are preferably added to the emulsion in an amount ranging from 0.1 milligram to 20 milligrams per 0.6 mol of silver halide and when used as a coating final, it is preferably added in an amount ranging from 0.5 milligram to 50 milligrams per 0.6 mol of silver halide.
  • the optimum amount to be added depends primarily on the type of emulsion and should be determined individually in each case.
  • the stabilizers and antifoggants of our invention may also be used in combination with known antifoggants and stabilizers.
  • the antifoggants of our invention can also be used in combination with sensitizers such as sulfur, metal and reduction sensitizers as well as with speed-increasing agents and accelerators such as the reaction products of long-chain alcohols and ethylene oxide (see U.S.P. 1,970,578) and their derivatives and polyvinylpyrrolidone.
  • novel antifoggants of our invention may be used with various types of photographic emulsions, such as non-sensitized orthochromatic, panchromatic and X-ray emulsions, paper emulsions and color emulsions.
  • Example I A silver halide emulsion in gelatin containing 2 percent silver iodide and 98 percent silver bromide was prepared in a conventional manner and brought up to its maximum light sensitivity. It was then readied for coating, finals were added such as sensitizing dyes and hardening agents. A 0.1 percent solution of 3-hydroxymethylbenzothiazole-2-thione prepared according to the method described in the Journal of the Chemical Society, 1948, page 1717, was added in varying amounts to samples of the emulsion as an antifoggant and stabilizer. Each emulsion sample contained about 0.6 mol of silver halide. The so prepared emulsion samples were coated on a suitable cellulose ester base and dried. Samples of these film coatings were then exposed in a Type 1113 Sensitometer and developed in a developer of the following composition:
  • Example [I The procedure followed was identical to Example I, except that in place of 3-hydroxymethylbenzothiazole-Z- thione the compound used was 3-hydroxymethylbenzoxazole-2-thione prepared according to the method described in Berichte, vol. 90, page 2250.
  • Example III Quantity of Compound Relative Fog at 12 Oven Fog at Used Speed Develop- 6 Development ment 10
  • Example III The procedure followed was identified to Example I, but in place of 3-hydroxymethyl-benzothiazole-2-thione, the compound used was 5-chloro-3-hydroxymethyl-benzothiazole-Z-thione which had been prepared in analogy to the method described in J.C.S., 1948, 1717, except that 5- chloro-2-mercaptobenzothiazole was used as the starting material in place of Z-mercaptobenzothiazole.
  • Example I was repeated except that 6-methyl-3-hydroxymethyl-benzothiazole-Z-thione was used in place of 3-hydroxymethyl-benzothiazole-Z-thione. The results obtained were essentially the same as those reported in Example I.
  • R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy and carboxy; and Y is a member selected from the group consisting of oxygen and sulfur.
  • a fight-sensitive silver halide emulsion as recited in claim 1, wherein said emulsion is a panchromatic emulsion.
  • a light-sensitive photographic element comprising a base and a coating of geIat-ino-silver halide emulsion thereon, said emulsion containing as an antifogging and stabilizing agent, a compound selected from the group having the following formula:
  • R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy; and Y is a member selected from the group consisting of oxygen and sulfur.
  • a light-sensitive structure comprising a base, a layer of light-sensitive silver halide emulsion thereon, and a separate layer adjacent said first-mentioned layer containing as an antifogging and stabilizing agent compound, a compound selected from the group having the following general chemical structure;
  • R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy and carboxyalkoxy; and Y is a member selected from the group consisting of oxygen and sulfur.
  • a process of forming a photographic silver halide emulsion having a reduced tendency to fog which comprises forming the emulsion, ripening the emulsion and during said ripening adding thereto a compound selected from the group having the following general formula:
  • R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, lower alkoxy and carboxy; and Y is a member selected from the group consisting of oxygen and sulfur.

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JPS5036979B1 (https=) * 1971-03-04 1975-11-28
JPS5284734A (en) * 1976-10-04 1977-07-14 Fuji Photo Film Co Ltd Photographic image formation
US4126463A (en) * 1976-09-14 1978-11-21 Agfa-Gevaert Aktiengesellschaft Method of stabilizing photographic silver halide emulsion layers
US4242429A (en) * 1977-11-01 1980-12-30 Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. Method of stabilizing organic substrate materials against light
US4518781A (en) * 1980-03-27 1985-05-21 Rhone-Poulenc Agrochimie Process for the preparation of 3-hydroxymethyl-6-chlorobenzoxazolone
US5035990A (en) * 1989-11-28 1991-07-30 E. I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company Radiographic elements with improved covering power
US5097039A (en) * 1986-08-27 1992-03-17 Ciba-Geigy Corporation Phenolic benzothiazole derivatives and their use as corrosion inhibitors
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DE2210369A1 (de) * 1971-03-04 1972-09-28 Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd., Ashigara-Kamigun, Kanagawa (Japan) Verfahren zur Herstellung von photographischen Bildern
JPS5036979B1 (https=) * 1971-03-04 1975-11-28
DE2263808A1 (de) * 1971-12-28 1973-07-05 Fuji Photo Film Co Ltd Lichtempfindliches silberhalogenidmaterial
JPS4873135A (https=) * 1971-12-28 1973-10-02
US3895948A (en) * 1971-12-28 1975-07-22 Fuji Photo Film Co Ltd Silver halide light-sensitive material containing a heterocyclic thione and a polyalkylene oxide
US4126463A (en) * 1976-09-14 1978-11-21 Agfa-Gevaert Aktiengesellschaft Method of stabilizing photographic silver halide emulsion layers
JPS5284734A (en) * 1976-10-04 1977-07-14 Fuji Photo Film Co Ltd Photographic image formation
US4242429A (en) * 1977-11-01 1980-12-30 Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. Method of stabilizing organic substrate materials against light
US4518781A (en) * 1980-03-27 1985-05-21 Rhone-Poulenc Agrochimie Process for the preparation of 3-hydroxymethyl-6-chlorobenzoxazolone
US5097039A (en) * 1986-08-27 1992-03-17 Ciba-Geigy Corporation Phenolic benzothiazole derivatives and their use as corrosion inhibitors
US5169950A (en) * 1986-08-27 1992-12-08 Ciba-Geigy Corporation Processes for preparing phenolic benzothiazole derivatives
US5035990A (en) * 1989-11-28 1991-07-30 E. I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company Radiographic elements with improved covering power

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