US3244522A - Fog reduction in photographic silver halide emulsions - Google Patents

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US3244522A
US3244522A US226474A US22647462A US3244522A US 3244522 A US3244522 A US 3244522A US 226474 A US226474 A US 226474A US 22647462 A US22647462 A US 22647462A US 3244522 A US3244522 A US 3244522A
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Robert J Clementi
Dersch Fritz
Sally L Dwyer
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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
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  • Fog is caused in a number of ways, e.g., by prolonged ripening of the emulsions during storage of the film or paper, particularly at elevated temperature and humidity, or by the use of chemical sensitizers, particularly alkylene oxide derivatives, as described in United States Patents 2,704,716, 2,716,062 and 2,728,666. Prolonged developing time may also cause fogging.
  • An object of our invention is to provide stabilizers or fog inhibiting agents which tend to prevent the formation of chemical fog in lightsensitive silver halides.
  • a further object is to provide stabilizers or anti-fogging agents for light-sensitive silver halide emulsions which do not appreciably lower the sensitivity of the emulsions.
  • a still further object is to provide stabilizers or antifogging agents for light-sensitive silver halide emulsions which do not reduce the sensitivity to light of longer wave lengths eifected by the presence of sensitizing dyes.
  • R is methyl, ethyl, methyl mercapto or ethyl mercapto and R is methylene or ethylene, the alkylene value for R always being the same as the alkylene value for R and the R'SH group being in a position 0-, mor pto the R group.
  • the ether is evaporated to leave an" oil which is treated with diluted sodium hydroxide.
  • the alkaline solution is filtered to remove unwanted products, the filtrate acidified with dilute sulfuric acid and the mercaptan extracted with ether.
  • the ether is evaporated and the oily products distilled under vacuum.
  • a,a-dimercapto-o-xyl ene is prepared in the same manner excepting that o-xylene bromide is substituted for the p-xylene bromide.
  • a-mercapto xylenes are also prepared in a similar fashion but by using one equivalent of KSH rather than two, as in the preparations previously described.
  • the diethyl benzene derivatives are prepared in a like manner excepting that the xylene bromide is replaced by diethyl benzene. If dimercapto derivatives of the diethyl benzene are desired two equivalents of KSH are used per one equivalent of diethyl benzene bromide. If the monomercapto derivative is desired, then equal molar quantities of KSH and diethyl benzene bromide are employed.
  • Beneficial effects in fog reduction may be obtained with solutions of the above compounds incorporated in the silver halide emulsions as ripening finals or as coating finals.
  • Ripening finals are added during the ripening or the sensitivity stage of the emulsion making process. Such additions may be effected before, during or after the addition of a soluble silver salt to the soluble halide in the presence of a soluble photographic colloid, such as gelatin, PVA, PVP, solubilized casein or albumin.
  • Coating finals are added to the emulsion just prior to coating it on a suitable support, i.e., glass, paper or film when the emulsion has nearly obtained its maximum sensitivity.
  • our anti-foggants or stabilizers When used as ripening finals our anti-foggants or stabilizers are best used in a concentration of .02 to milligrams per .6 mole of silver halide and when used as coating finals in a concentration of 1 to 20 milligrams per .6 mole of silver halide. In many emulsions we prefer to apply our anti-foggants or stabilizers in a gelatin surface coating for maximum effectiveness. The concentration used depends very much on the type of emulsion employed and it is advisable to determine the optimum concentration from case to case.
  • the anti-foggants and stabilizers may be employed in various types of photographic emulsions, e.g., non-sensitized, orthochromatic, panchromatic, X-ray emulsions, paper emulsions and color emulsions. They may be used in combination with other known anti-foggants or stabilizers or in combination with sulfur-, reductionmetal-and noble metal sensitizers, or in combination with polyoxyalkylenes and their derivatives.
  • Example I A silver halide emulsion in gelatin containing 2% silver iodide and 98% silver bromide was prepared in a conventional manner and brought up to its maximum light sensitivity. It was then readied for coating and finals were added such as sensitizing dyes and hardening agents. A 0.01% solution of a,a-dimercapto para-xylene was added to the emulsion as an anti-foggant and stabilizer. The emulsion samples contained about 0.6 mole of silver halide. The so prepared emulsion samples were coated on a cellulose ester base and dried. Samples of these film coatings were then exposed in a Type 18 sensitometer and developed in a developer of the following composition:
  • Example 11 The procedure is the same as in Example I excepting that there is added fifl-dimercapto-p-dietliyl benzene in lieu of the p-xylene derivative. The results are substantially the same.
  • Example III Exposed samples of a photographic film were developed for twelve minutes at 65 F. in a standard metol-hydroquinone developer. Two tests were made, one with a developer containing 4 mg. of a,a'-dimercapto para-xylene per one liter of developer. Sensitometric strips, developed in the normal developer (control) for twelve minutes showed a fog of .30, whereas those strips, which were developed in the developer containing the antifoggant, had a fog of .18.
  • Example IV A silver halide emulsion in gelatin containing 2% silver iodide and 98% silver bromide was coated on film base in a manner known to the art. After the coating, an aqueous gelatin solution containing 20 grams of gelatin in 1 liter of H 0 and 8 mg. of e,a-dimercapto para-xylene was coated thereon as an antiabrasion layer. After drying, film samples were exposed and processed as described in Example I. The samples exhibited a relative speed of 100 and a fog of .18 compared with type coating of the above emulsion having an antiabrasion layer similar to that described above, but lacking the antifoggant and having a speed of 100 and a fog of .30.
  • Example V The procedure is the same as in Example I except that the p-xylene derivative thereof is replaced by an equivalent quantity of a-mercapto-p-xylene. sults are obtained.
  • Example VI wherein R is selected from the class consisting of methyl, ethyl, methyl mercapto, and ethyl mercapto and R is selected from the class consisting of methylene and ethylene, the alkylene value for R always being the same as the alkylene value for R and the RSH group being in a position selected from the class consisting of the o-, 111- and p-positions to the R group.
  • a process of reducing the tendency of an exposed photographic silver halide emulsion to fog on development which comprises developing said emulsion with a developer containing a compound of the following formula:
  • R is selected from the class consisting of methyl, ethyl, methyl mercapto and ethyl mercapto and R is selected from the class consisting of methylene and ethylene, the alkylene value for R always being the same as the alkylene value for R and the RSH group being in a position selected from the class consisting of the 0-, mand p-positions to the R group.
  • a process of reducing the tendency of a photographic silver halide emulsion to fog on development which comprises exposing the emulsion and developing it in a metol-hydroquinone developer containing a small amount of a,ot-dimercapto-p-xylene.

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DEG38654A DE1294189B (de) 1962-09-26 1963-09-11 Gegen Schleierbildung stabilisiertes photographisches Aufzeichnungsmaterial und photographischer Entwickler mit einem Antischleiermittel
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