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EP0111919A2
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Multicolor photographic elements containing silver iodide grains
Assignee: Eastman Kodak Co
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Filing: 1983-12-19
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2003-12-19
Abstract
Abstract 57 Multicolor photographic elements are disclosed each containing superimposed emulsion layers for separately recording blue and minus blue light including at least one emulsion layer comprised of a dispersing medium and silver halide grains, wherein at feast 50 percent of the total projected area of the silver halide grains is provided by thin tabular silver iodide grains having a thickness of less than 0.3 micron and an average aspect ratio of greater than 8:1. The multicolor photographic elements show advantages in the minus blue recording emulsion layers directly attributable to the thin tabular silver iodide grains.
Inventors
- 👤 Gary Lawrence House
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 13:01
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03C; G03C7/00; G03C7/30; G03C7/3022
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
125 words
A photographic element capable of producing a multicolor image comprised of a support and, located on said support, superimposed emulsion layers for facilitating separate recording blue, green, and red light, each comprised of a dispersing medium and silver halide grains, characterized in that at least 50 percent of the total projected area of the silver halide grains in at least one emulsion layer is provided by thin tabular silver iodide grains having a thickness of less than 0.3 pm and an average aspect ratio of greater than 8:1, aspect ratio being defined as the ratio of grain diameter to grain thickness and grain diameter being defined as the diameter of a circle having an area equal to the projected area of the silver halide grain.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
125 words
A photographic element capable of producing a multicolor image comprised of a support and, located on said support, superimposed emulsion layers for facilitating separate recording blue, green, and red light, each comprised of a dispersing medium and silver halide grains, characterized in that at least 50 percent of the total projected area of the silver halide grains in at least one emulsion layer is provided by thin tabular silver iodide grains having a thickness of less than 0.3 pm and an average aspect ratio of greater than 8:1, aspect ratio being defined as the ratio of grain diameter to grain thickness and grain diameter being defined as the diameter of a circle having an area equal to the projected area of the silver halide grain.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
A photographic element according to claim 1 further characterized in that said one emulsion layer is a blue recording emulsion layer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
A photographic element according to claims 1 and 2 further characterized in that said tabular silver iodide grains have an average aspect ratio of at least 12:1.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
A photographic element according to claims 1 through 3 further characterized in that wherein said tabular silver iodide grains account for at least 70 percent of the total projected area of said silver halide grains in said one blue recording emulsion layer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
A photographic element according to claims 1 through 4 further characterized in that silver salt is epitaxially located on said tabular silver iodide grains.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
A photographic element according to claim 5 further characterized in that said silver salt is comprised of a silver halide.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
A photographic element according to claim 6 further characterized in that said silver salt is comprised of silver chloride.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
19 words
A photographic element according to claim 6 further characterized in that said silver salt is comprised of silver bromide.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
41 words
A photographic element according to claims 4 through 8 further characterized in that said silver salt is epitaxially located on less than 25 percent of the total surface area provided by the major crystal faces of said tabular silver iodide grains.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
39 words
A photographic element according to claim 9 further characterized in that said silver salt is epitaxially located on less than 10 percent of the total surface area provided by the major crystal faces of said tabular silver iodide grains.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
26 words
A photographic element according to claims 1 through 10 further characterized in that said tabular silver iodide grains have an average thickness greater than 0.005 pm.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
24 words
A photographic element according to claim 11 further characterized in that said tabular silver iodide grains have an average thickness greater than 0.01 pm.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
48 words
A photographic element according to claims 1 through 12 further characterized in that said tabular silver iodide grains have an average thickness of less than 0.1 pm and said emulsion additionally contains a blue spectral sensitizing dye having an absorption peak of a wavelength longer than 430 nanometers.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
26 words
A photographic element according to claims 1 through 12 further characterized in that said tabular silver iodide grains have an average thickness greater than 0.1 pm.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
24 words
A photographic element according to claim 14 further characterized in that said tabular silver iodide grains have an average thickness greater than 0.15 pm.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
32 words
A photographic element according to claims 1 through 15 further characterized in that said tabular silver iodide grains are positioned to receive exposing radiation prior to remaining of said silver halide grains.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
39 words
A photographic element according to claims 1 through 15 further characterized in that said tabular silver iodide grains are positioned to receive exposing radiation prior to said silver halide grains present in said red and green recording emulsion layers.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
52 words
A photographic element according to claims 1 through 17 further characterized in that said red and green recording emulsion layers are comprised of high average aspect ratio tabular grain emulsions and are positioned to receive exposing radiation prior to said tabular silver iodide grains and said support is a white reflective support.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
36 words
A process of producing a multicolor photographic image comprising processing in an aqueous alkaline solution in the presence of a developing agent an imagewise exposed photographic element according to any one of claims 1 through 18.
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