US3776734A - Photosensitive aluminum plate of improved storage stability - Google Patents

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US3776734A
US3776734A US00230449A US3776734DA US3776734A US 3776734 A US3776734 A US 3776734A US 00230449 A US00230449 A US 00230449A US 3776734D A US3776734D A US 3776734DA US 3776734 A US3776734 A US 3776734A
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  • ABSTRACT A photosensitive aluminum plate of improved storagability in which an anodically oxidized aluminum is used as a support and a silver halide is contained as a photosensitive material in the micropores of the oxide film formed on the support by anodic oxidation.
  • This invention relates generally to a photosensitive aluminum plate using an anodically oxidized aluminum as a support and containing a silver halide as a photosensitive material in the micropores of the oxide film formed by anodic oxidation of the aluminum support. More particularly, this invention relates to such a photosensitive aluminum plate having improved storage stability.
  • metallic aluminum also has the disadvantage that it can be easily damaged by abrasion or pressure exerted against its surface due to its poor hardness, i.e., to its softness, and moreover, since the oxide film naturally formed thereon is generally extremely low in thickness, e.g.,
  • the above-described aluminum oxide film may be prepared by passing electricity through an aqueous or nonaqueous solution, either alone or in combination of one or more such solutions, of an inorganic acid such as sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid, chromic acid or boric acid, or of an organic acid such as oxalic acid or sulfamic acid, in which the aluminium is immersed in the solution as the anode.
  • an oxide film is formed on the surface of the aluminum.
  • many reports have been made, and in particular a detailed explanation on the structure thereof is made in Journal of the Electrical and Chemical Society, 100, (9), 411.
  • the oxide film is composed of hexagonal prism units, i.e., cells, vertically standing on the surface of the metallic aluminum, with a pore being present in the central portion of the cells.
  • Silver halide photosensitive materials in which an anodically oxidized aluminum plate is used are well known and are described for example in U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,115,339, 2,126,017 and 2,766,119.
  • the characteristics of such photosensitive materials are that the silverimage may be protected by the corrosion resistance and durability of the oxidefilm, resulting in the formation of a relatively stable image recording. Therefore, it is necessary not only to simply apply the photosensitive silver salt to the aluminum oxide film, but also to incorporate it into the micropores of the oxide film.
  • the photosensitive silver salt in general may be formed by reacting silver nitrate in a solution of gelatin with an alkali metal halide.
  • the silver salt prepared in such a conventional manner will be of a particle size within the range of from about 0.05 u to several microns, although the particle size may depend upon the solution mixing method, mix ratios, gelatin concentrations or the like. Since the pore size of the cell is, as shown in the hereinabove described Table 1, within the range of from about 0.01 to 0.05 u, even the smallest silver salt particle prepared in the conventional manner will be too large, thus making it impossible to incorporate it into the pores.
  • the silver salt particles incorporated into the pores tend to be reduced by the surrounding aluminum due to the difference in redox potentials between the silver salt and the aluminum. This may cause fogging and thereby shorten the shelf life.
  • a method has been proposed in which contact between the substances canv be avoided by using a polymeric binder. This method is also described in the above-described patent specifications. Although a shelf life on the order of 3 to 6 months may be obtained by this method, it is still unsatisfactory from the standpoint of selling or using it..
  • An object of the present invention is therefore to provide a photosensitive aluminum plate having an improved shelf life, together with a high sensitivity and a low generation of fog. Another purpose is to provide a method for the preparation of a photosensitive aluminum plate of superior shelf life. 7
  • the photosensitive aluminum plate according to this invention contains a photosensitive silver salt(in a hydrophilic colloid)and a 3-mercapto-S-methyl-4-phenyl- 1,2,4-triazole in the micropores of the aluminum oxide film formed on the surface of the aluminum.
  • any aluminum alloy may be used. Suitable aluminum alloys are alloys of aluminum with alloying metals, e.g. zinc, silicon, iron and copper can be used. A copper aluminum alloy is preferred.
  • the alloying metal can be present at a level of from about O.5-l.O by weight to the aluminium. Preferably from about 0.12 to 0.3 by weight of the alloying metal is used.
  • the photosensitive silver salt suitably can be silver bromide, silver chloride, or a mixed silver halide, i.e., silver chlorobromide.
  • silver bromide is preferred as the silver halide.
  • hydrophilic colloids examples include gelatin, polyvinyl alcohol, methyl cellulose, gum arabic and agar-agar, although in particular gelatin is preferred.
  • the amount of hydrophilic colloid which can be used ranges from about 0.1 to 1%, preferably from about 0.2 to 0.5%, by weight based on the silver solution or the halide solution used in preparing the photosensitive silver salt.
  • 3-Mercapto-S-methyl-4-phenyll ,2,4-triazoles include not only 3-mercapto-S-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,4- triazole but also the derivatives thereof, as well as their analogous compounds having substantially the same effect.
  • Suitable such derivatives and analogous compounds are 3-mercapto-4-phenyl-l ,2,4-triazole, 3- mercapto-4,5-dimethyl-l ,2,4-tria2ole, 3 ',5- dimercapto-3,5 '-diphenyldihydrol ,2-triazolotriazole, and 3 ',5 '-dimercapto-3 ,5 '-diethyldihydrol ,2- triazolotriazole.
  • 3-Mercapto-5-methyl-4-phenyll ,2,4- triazole is especially preferred.
  • This additive may be added into the halide solution used in the photosensitive silver salt formation at a level of about 0.05 to 1.0 g., preferable about 0.1 to 0.5 g, per liter of the halide solution and ultimately adsorbed onto the photosensitive silver salt formed in the micropores of the oxide film formed by anodic oxidation.
  • it may be brought into substantial contact, after formation of the photosensitive silver salt in the micropores, with the oxide film formed by anodic oxidation as an aqueous solution containing, per liter of solution, the same amounts of the additive described above, and thereby adsorbed onto the already formed photosensitive silver salt.
  • the photosensitive aluminum plate according to the present invention shows high sensitivity and reduced fog and is also excellent in shelf life.
  • EXAMPLE 1 An electrolytic solution containing 5% of oxalic acid and 3% of potassium oxalate was subjected to electrolysis by impressing a direct current of 2A/dm for 30 minutes on a corrosion resistant aluminum alloy plate containing 0.15% of copper as the anode, while keeping the temperature of the solution at 60 C.
  • the resulting support was rinsed and dried and subsequently a silver nitrate solution of the following composition was applied thereto and dried.
  • the resulting photosensitive aluminum plate was found to be intact after storage for l to 2 years, without formation of any fog and deterioration in any other photographic properties.
  • a photosensitive aluminum plate comprising an aluminum plate containing a silver halide in the micropores of an aluminum oxide film formed by anodic oxidation on the surface of said plate, the improvement which comprises further incorporating at least one of 3-mercapto-4-phenyll ,2,4-triazole, 3-mercapto-5- methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,4-triazole, 3-mercapto-4,5- dimethyl- 1 ,2,4-triazole, 3,5-dimercapto-3 ,5 diethyldihydro- 1 ,2-triazolotriazole, 3 ',5-dimercapto- 3,5-diphenyldihydro-l,2-triazolotriazole into said micropores.
  • hydrophilic colloid is selected from the group consisting of gelatin, polyvinyl alcohol methyl cellulose, gum arabic and agar-agar.

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US4092169A (en) * 1971-03-01 1978-05-30 Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. Anodized aluminum photographic plates with silver bromide in pores of oxide layer, and process of manufacture thereof
WO1980001614A1 (en) * 1979-02-02 1980-08-07 Eastman Kodak Co Imaging elements containing microvessels and processes for forming images therewith
US4242438A (en) * 1974-09-06 1980-12-30 Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. Photomask material
US4375507A (en) * 1980-09-08 1983-03-01 Eastman Kodak Company Imaging with nonplanar support multicolor filter elements
US4387146A (en) * 1980-09-08 1983-06-07 Eastman Kodak Company Multicolor filters with nonplanar support elements
US4387154A (en) * 1980-09-08 1983-06-07 Eastman Kodak Company Receivers with nonplanar support elements

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4092169A (en) * 1971-03-01 1978-05-30 Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. Anodized aluminum photographic plates with silver bromide in pores of oxide layer, and process of manufacture thereof
US4242438A (en) * 1974-09-06 1980-12-30 Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. Photomask material
WO1980001614A1 (en) * 1979-02-02 1980-08-07 Eastman Kodak Co Imaging elements containing microvessels and processes for forming images therewith
US4362806A (en) * 1979-02-02 1982-12-07 Eastman Kodak Company Imaging with nonplanar support elements
US4375507A (en) * 1980-09-08 1983-03-01 Eastman Kodak Company Imaging with nonplanar support multicolor filter elements
US4387146A (en) * 1980-09-08 1983-06-07 Eastman Kodak Company Multicolor filters with nonplanar support elements
US4387154A (en) * 1980-09-08 1983-06-07 Eastman Kodak Company Receivers with nonplanar support elements

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