WO1993011459A1 - Photographic bleach composition - Google Patents

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WO1993011459A1
WO1993011459A1 PCT/EP1992/002762 EP9202762W WO9311459A1 WO 1993011459 A1 WO1993011459 A1 WO 1993011459A1 EP 9202762 W EP9202762 W EP 9202762W WO 9311459 A1 WO9311459 A1 WO 9311459A1
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bleach solution
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bleach
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John Richard Fyson
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Kodak Limited
Eastman Kodak Company
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Priority to EP92924624A priority Critical patent/EP0569576B1/de
Priority to JP50981993A priority patent/JP3266259B2/ja
Priority to DE69221471T priority patent/DE69221471T2/de
Publication of WO1993011459A1 publication Critical patent/WO1993011459A1/en
Priority to US08/665,991 priority patent/US5683858A/en

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    • G03PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03CPHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIALS FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC PURPOSES; PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES, e.g. CINE, X-RAY, COLOUR, STEREO-PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES; AUXILIARY PROCESSES IN PHOTOGRAPHY
    • G03C7/00Multicolour photographic processes or agents therefor; Regeneration of such processing agents; Photosensitive materials for multicolour processes
    • G03C7/30Colour processes using colour-coupling substances; Materials therefor; Preparing or processing such materials
    • G03C7/42Bleach-fixing or agents therefor ; Desilvering processes

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  • PHOTOGRAPHIC BLEACH COMPOSITION This invention relates to photographic bleach compositions for use in photographic colour processing. 5
  • peroxy compounds e.g. hydrogen peroxide or a
  • Some peroxide bleach solutions must contain an organic 10 metal complex salt e.g. US Specification 4 301 236, while others must employ a bleach accelerator e.g. Japanese speci ications 611250647A and 611261739A.
  • a bleach accelerator e.g. Japanese speci ications 611250647A and 611261739A.
  • U.S. specification 4 277 556 there are described bleach solutions having a pH between 2.0 and 15 5.5 consisting of a hydrogen peroxide solution and a mono— or dicarboxylic acid, or an alkylidene diphosphonic acid, typically 50ml/l 30% of hydrogen peroxide solution and 30 ml/1 concentrated acetic acid. Such solutions however do not bleach the entire 20 amount of silver present.
  • the hydrogen peroxide bleach solution is alkaline having a pH of 7 or more and contains a polyacetic acid such as diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid or 25 'DTPA'.
  • no such solution has 30 ever been used commercially.
  • European Patent Application Publication No. 0 428 101 Al an alkaline bleach solution "5 * containing a water—soluble chloride for producing rapid desilvering to which an organic phosphonic acid * 35 may be added to eliminate blister formation.
  • a photographic bleach solution comprising hydrogen peroxide, or a compound capable of releasing hydrogen peroxide, and in combination two or more sequestering agents for complexing with a transition metal which will inhibit the decomposition of the bleach.
  • the preferred pH range is from 5.5 to 14.
  • Sequestering agents which may be suitable include two or more of the following:— a polyalkylcarboxylic, phosphonic or sulphonic acid containing at least one amine group which has condensed with one or more alkyl hydrogens of the alkylcarbox lie, phosphonic or sulphonic acid, such as a compound of formula (I) as defined hereinbelow or a salt thereof; an alkylidene —1, 1—diphosphonic acid, such as a compound of formula (II) as defined hereinbelow; a polyhydroxyphenyl such as a compound of formula (III) as defined hereinbelow; or a polyphosphate such as a compound of formula (IV), as defined hereinbelow, or an alkali metal salt thereof.
  • a compound of formula (I) is represented by the structure.
  • X and X may be the same or different and each is a hydrogen atom, a straight or branched chain alkyl group having
  • a, b, c and d are the same or different and each is a hydrogen atom, a straight or branched chain alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a hydroxyl, carboxyl, sulphonyl or phosphonyl group or either X 1 and/or X2 may be repeat units of
  • Y is as defined for a, b, c and d or is the group Z or the group B,
  • X 3 and X4 are the same or different and are as defined for X 1 and X2 wherein the sum of m, n and r is an integer from 1 to 10 and wherein one or both of the hydrogen atoms in each of the CH 2 m> (CH ⁇ ) n or
  • (CH ? ) groups may be replaced by a straight or branched chain alkyl group having
  • X , X 2, X3 and X4 are or contains a carboxylic, sulphonyl or phosphonyl group, or a salt thereof.
  • compounds of formula (I) that are particularly suitable are ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid 'EDTA', propylenediaminetetraacetic acid 'PDTA* , nitrilotetraacetic acid 'NTA 1 but most preferably diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid 'DTPA', these compounds generally being used in the form of their corresponding tetra- or penta-sodium salts.
  • X is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a hydroxyl group and n is from 0-12 whilst found to be suitable over a range of pH from 5.5 to pH 14 is more effective in the alkaline range.
  • X hydroxy-ethylidene-1,1—diphosphonic acid
  • Compounds of formula (III) and (IV) are both more effective in stabilising bleach at a mildly acidic pH, these compounds having the formulae represented hereinunder:—
  • R1, R2, R3and R4 are the same or different and each is a hydrogen atom, a straight or branched chain alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a hydroxyl, sulphonyl or carboxyl group, especially dihydroxyphenyl sulphonate ('catechol 1 disulphonate 'CDS 1 ) or 'TIRON' and
  • n is from 4 to 12, preferably 4 to 8 or an alkali metal salt thereof, such as 'QUADRAFOS'TM or 'CALGON'TM.
  • a synergistic effect may be said to occur when at some time during the storage of the bleach solution the combined stabilising effect of two or more of the components is greater than the sum of the individual stabilising effects of the two or more components.
  • such an effect may result by the combination of a polyalkylcarboxylic acid of formula (I) or a salt thereof with a diphosphonic acid of formula (II) or a polyphosphate of formula (IV) or an alkali metal salt thereof.
  • the combination comprises diethylenetriamine- pentaacetic acid, 'DTPA' or a salt thereof and
  • Each sequestering agent as a component in the synergistic combination is added in an amount of from .005 to 5% by weight of bleach solution, preferably from 0.04 to 0.1% by weight.
  • Compounds capable of releasing hydrogen peroxide include metal peroxides; compounds which include hydrogen peroxide in their crystal structure such as sodium percarbonate; other peroxy compounds such as sodium perborate and persulphate; or soluble organic peroxides, such as butyl peroxide or benzyl peroxide.
  • the hydrogen peroxide or a compound such as mentioned above is added in a sufficient quantity to enable the bleach step to take place in a suitable length of time.
  • 30% hydrogen peroxide is used in an amount of from 20 to 100 ml/litre bleach solution, preferably about 50ml/litre, but equivalent amounts of, for example, 8% or 3% hydrogen peroxide may also be used.
  • the bleach solution preferably has one or more acids, alkalis or buffers to maintain the pH at the required level, such as an alkali metal carbonate, carbonate/hydrogen carbonate buffer, phosphate buffer, amine/borate buffer, boric acid, or a carboxylic acid, such as acetic acid, propionic acid or glycollic acid.
  • the bleach solutions of the present invention may be used with any type of photographic silver halide colour material. Such materials and their possible constituents are described, for example, in Research Disclosure Item 308119, December 1989, published by Kenneth Mason Publications, E sworth, Hants., United Kingdom. However materials based on predominantly silver chloride emulsions are preferred.
  • the present invention also provides a method of photographic colour processing including a bleach step, which comprises the addition of hydrogen peroxide, or a compound capable of releasing hydrogen peroxide, and in combination two or more sequestering agents for complexing with a transition metal which will inhibit catalytic decomposition of the bleach.
  • the bleach step may directly follow the developing or redox amplification stages or an intermediate stop bath may be employed.
  • the photographic material to be processed preferably contains low levels of silver and is preferably based on emulsions which comprise at least 80%, preferably at least 90%, silver chloride and especially substantially pure silver chloride.
  • a peroxide bleach suitable for use with a low silver paper material, was made up with the following formula: hydrogen peroxide 30% 50ml sodium hydrogen carbonate 25g potassium chloride 0.5g tap water to 1 litre
  • the amount of residual hydrogen peroxide was determined using the method outlined on page 363 of the 3rd edition of 'A Text-book of Quantitative Inorganic Analysis' by Vogel. The titration was made with 5g/l sodium thiosulphate. The residual peroxide was determined as the amount of this solution need to reach the end point.
  • Example 2 In order to try the bleaching ability of the stored bleach it was tested as described in Example 2 of related UK application No. 9022749.7. The time for bleaching increased by no more than 100% after one month, whereas a solution with no addenda was bleach-inactive in considerably less than one week.
  • Example 2 In order to try the bleaching ability of the stored bleach it was tested as described in Example 2 of related UK application No. 9022749.7. The time for bleaching increased by no more than 100% after one month, whereas a solution with no addenda was bleach-inactive in considerably less than one week.

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EP92924624A EP0569576B1 (de) 1991-12-03 1992-11-30 Photographisches bleichmittel
JP50981993A JP3266259B2 (ja) 1991-12-03 1992-11-30 写真漂白組成物
DE69221471T DE69221471T2 (de) 1991-12-03 1992-11-30 Photographisches bleichmittel
US08/665,991 US5683858A (en) 1992-11-30 1996-06-19 Photographic bleach composition

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EP0679941A2 (de) * 1994-04-20 1995-11-02 Eastman Kodak Company Sulfo-substituierte Carboxylate als Puffer für photographische Bleich- und Bleichfixiermittel
US5541041A (en) * 1995-04-17 1996-07-30 Eastman Kodak Company Stabilized peroxide bleaching solutions containing multiple chelating ligands and their use for processing of photographic elements
US5550009A (en) * 1995-04-17 1996-08-27 Eastman Kodak Company Stabilized peroxide bleaching solutions and their use for processing of photographic elements
EP0733946A1 (de) * 1995-03-21 1996-09-25 Eastman Kodak Company Verwendung eines alkalischen Vorbads zur Aktivierung einer sauren Peroxidbleichlösung für die Verarbeitung farbphotographischer Elemente
US5614355A (en) * 1995-02-21 1997-03-25 Eastman Kodak Company Peroxide composition and method for processing color photographic elements containing predominantly chloride silver halide emulsions
US5763147A (en) * 1995-02-21 1998-06-09 Eastman Kodak Company Method for processing high silver bromide color negative photographic films using a peroxide bleaching composition
US5773202A (en) * 1995-02-21 1998-06-30 Haye; Shirleyanne Elizabeth Method for processing color photographic films using a peroxide bleaching composition
US5783376A (en) * 1994-04-20 1998-07-21 Eastman Kodak Company Sulfo-substituted carboxylates as buffers for photographic bleaches and bleach-fixes
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EP0679941A3 (de) * 1994-04-20 1997-04-09 Eastman Kodak Co Sulfo-substituierte Carboxylate als Puffer für photographische Bleich- und Bleichfixiermittel.
EP0679941A2 (de) * 1994-04-20 1995-11-02 Eastman Kodak Company Sulfo-substituierte Carboxylate als Puffer für photographische Bleich- und Bleichfixiermittel
EP0679945A3 (de) * 1994-04-20 1995-12-06 Eastman Kodak Co
US5783376A (en) * 1994-04-20 1998-07-21 Eastman Kodak Company Sulfo-substituted carboxylates as buffers for photographic bleaches and bleach-fixes
EP0679945A2 (de) * 1994-04-20 1995-11-02 Eastman Kodak Company Wasserstoffperoxid-Bleichzusammensetzungen für die Verwendung mit photographischen Silberhalogenidelementen
US5641615A (en) * 1994-04-20 1997-06-24 Eastman Kodak Company Processing silver halide photographic elements with a non-rehalogenating peroxide bleaching composition
US5763147A (en) * 1995-02-21 1998-06-09 Eastman Kodak Company Method for processing high silver bromide color negative photographic films using a peroxide bleaching composition
US5614355A (en) * 1995-02-21 1997-03-25 Eastman Kodak Company Peroxide composition and method for processing color photographic elements containing predominantly chloride silver halide emulsions
US5773202A (en) * 1995-02-21 1998-06-30 Haye; Shirleyanne Elizabeth Method for processing color photographic films using a peroxide bleaching composition
EP0733946A1 (de) * 1995-03-21 1996-09-25 Eastman Kodak Company Verwendung eines alkalischen Vorbads zur Aktivierung einer sauren Peroxidbleichlösung für die Verarbeitung farbphotographischer Elemente
US5550009A (en) * 1995-04-17 1996-08-27 Eastman Kodak Company Stabilized peroxide bleaching solutions and their use for processing of photographic elements
US5541041A (en) * 1995-04-17 1996-07-30 Eastman Kodak Company Stabilized peroxide bleaching solutions containing multiple chelating ligands and their use for processing of photographic elements
US8802613B2 (en) 2007-12-13 2014-08-12 Akzo Nobel N.V. Stabilized hydrogen peroxide solutions

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