US3660096A - Speed increasing additives for non-silver light sensitive systems - Google Patents

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US3660096A
US3660096A US746008A US3660096DA US3660096A US 3660096 A US3660096 A US 3660096A US 746008 A US746008 A US 746008A US 3660096D A US3660096D A US 3660096DA US 3660096 A US3660096 A US 3660096A
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Eugene Wainer
Victor P Petro
Robert D Fox
John E Shirey
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  • An exemplary composition according to that patent application contained 100 mg of Leuco Crystal Violet, 1.4 grams of CBq, and 15 mg. of '4-picoline-N-oxide, dispersed in a film of polystyrene.
  • the L.E.S. of this composition approximated '5 X 10 L.E.S. stands for Light Exposure Speed and is defined as the reciprocal of the exposure, expressed in meter candle second, which is required to produce a density (diffuse transmission density) of 0.2 density units above the density o'f'base I plus fog (see Photographic Science and Engineering, Vol; 8 1964, page 98, last paragraph).
  • sensitivity dyes and/or polyphenylmethane ca'rbiriol bases and/or tertiary amines enhances the sensitivity of the composition and improves the photographic speed thereof.
  • These additives may be used either singly or in combination with one another to produce the enhanced photographic speeds characteristic of the present invention.
  • N-vinyl carbazole may be added to increase the contrast (gamma) and maximum derisity.
  • compositions hereinafter described are prepared in'the same manner as those described in the above-noted patent application and in Photographic Science and Engineering, Vol. 5, number 2, Man-April 1961, pp. 98 et seq. I
  • compositions are each prepared by bringing'the constituents together in a suitable solvent-binder solution under a safelight or in total darkness, each of the constituents usually being added to the solution in the order set forth in the examples, then mixed to effect solution before addition of the'next named constituent. After thorough mixing, the composition is applied to a suitable substrate which may be barytapaper or a film of polyester, glass or other support.
  • composition After the composition has been laid down as athin film, itis permitted to dry in air in the dark or under a safelight, drying here meaning the elimination of the solvent(s) from the composition by evaporation. Then the composition is photographically exposed for a time sufficient to produce at least a latent image in the composition.
  • the latent image in the film is developed by exposing the entire film to radiant energy of an appropriate intensity (e.g.) 50 watt tungsten light source) and suitable wavelength (e.g. between about 600 and 900g).
  • radiant energy e.g. 50 watt tungsten light source
  • suitable wavelength e.g. between about 600 and 900g.
  • composition of the type described in the above noted US. Patent is as follows:
  • EXAMPLE 1 The addition of 6 mg. of Rhodamine B base of the above formulation produced a speed of 0.013 L.E.S., 1), of 1.32 and base plus fog 0.36. This illustrates the benefits of adding a dye to such a composition.
  • EXAMPLE 2 A photographic speed of 0.04 L.E.S. with acceptable base plus fog levels was achieved by the addition of minor amounts of merocyanine dyes with or without xanthene'type dyes '(R- ho'damine B,etc.). In addition, it was found that carbinol compounds of the leuco triphenylr'nethane derivatives appear to be beneficialand increase the density 'of the image formed. The following composition produced photographic speedsof 0.04 L.E.S.:
  • EXAMPLE 3 A photographic speed-of 0.1 L.E.S. with acceptable base plus fog levels was achieved by the addition of 5 mg of Crystal Violet carbinol to the formulation represented in Example 2.
  • One composition producing photographic speeds of 0.1 L.E.S. was asfollows:
  • EXAMPLE 4 Theaddition of a small quantity of a tertiary amine, such as EXAMPLE 5
  • EXAMPLE 6 The addition of 5 mg. of N-vinylcarbazole to the formulation of Example 5 increased the maximum density to 2.0 and increased the gamma (slope of H & D plot) of the film.
  • EXAMPLE 7 A substantial improvement was obtained by the increased amounts of both the leuco anthracene and carbinol of crystal violet and omitting the leuco crystal violet, as shown in the following formula:
  • composition produced photographic speeds of 1.0 L.E.S., base fog 0.14, with D,,,,, rendition of 1.46.
  • EXAMPLE 8 Still a further improvement in speed is attained with the following which exhibits an L.E.S. of 2.0 to 4.0, a maximum density of 1.4 and a base plus fog ofO.2:
  • dimethylanthracene 5 mg. 5-[3-ethyl-2(3H)- benzoxazolylidene-ethylidene]- 3-phenyl-2phenylimino4- thiazolidinone 2 mg. 4-picoline-N-oxide l0 mg.
  • Carbinol of crystal violet (stabilized*) 1.3 mg.
  • Carbinol of opal blue (stabilized') 6 drops N-methyldiphenylamine solution 1.4 g. Carbon tetrabromide 4.5 cc. 10% polystyrene in benzene Stabilized by digestion with alkali I drop N-methyldiphenylamine in 5 cc.
  • compositions described in the preceding examples are utilized by exposing the same to a pattern of radiation and then developing a visible image by a blanket exposure to radiation in a narrow band corresponding to that region to which the composition has been sensitized by the dye formed during the photographic exposure.
  • Example 8 the amount of N-oxide hasbeen considerably diminished as compared with the amounts utilized in the earlier indicated U.S. patent, this being due in part to the use of a combination of sensitizers as described.
  • the purpose of the addition of the sensitizing dye such as a merocyanine'dye is to increase the absorption of visible light so as to increase the photographic speed.
  • the purpose of the addition of the polyphenylmethane carbinols is to increase the photographic speed by an increase in the quantum yield of dye, i.e., by an increase in the inherent sensitivity of the system to an absorbed photon of visible light.
  • the purpose of the addition of the tertiary amine is to reduce formation of dye from the color-former by thermal reactions with atmospheric ingredients or with other ingredients of the film coating.
  • a photosensitive composition comprising:
  • each R is selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl with up to 4 carbon atoms and halogen substituted alkyl with up to 4 carbon atoms and each R' is selected from the group consisting of H and lower alkyl;
  • said activator being at least one compound represented by the general formula AiC-X wherein A represents a monovalent radical selected from the group consisting of halogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, including halogen substituted alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, aroyl and aralkyl and each X represents a halogen atom selected from the group consisting of chlorine, bromine and iodine and all of the Xs need not be the same;
  • N 0 compound at least one organic N 0 compound; the improvement which comprises including in said composition one or more additional compounds selected from the group consisting of merocyanine dyes, polyphenylmethane carbinol bases and N-methyl diphenyl amines whereby the photographic speed of the initial composition is increased as compared with the speed of said composition absent said additional compounds.
  • N 0 compound is one represented by the general fonnula R-N 0 wherein R represents an organic moiety such that the resulting compound is an N-oxide selected from the group consisting of tertiary amines, nitrones, and di-nitrones.
  • N 0 compound is one represented by the general formula wherein R represents atoms of carbon, oxygen, nitrogen or sulfur necessary to complete a 5 or 6 member ring or a fused ring.
  • composition of claim 1 wherein the activator is a bromine substituted alkane.
  • composition including both a leucoanthracene and a merocyanine dye according to claim 1.
  • composition of claim 1 wherein there are between 0.1 and 2 parts by weight of N 0 compound for each part by weight of color forming compound.
  • composition of claim 1 which includes, in addition, a film forming resin binder.
  • composition of claim 1 wherein R" and R are all CH groups in the anthracene.

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