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EP0126644A2 Expired / Lapsed EP ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Light-sensitive silver halide photographic material for X-ray photography

Assignee: Konica Minolta Inc
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Filing: 1984-05-18
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2004-05-18
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Abstract

Abstract Disclosed is a light-sensitive silver halide photographic material for X-ray photography, characterized in that the material has the characteristic curve whose gamma between optical densities of 0.50 and 1.50 is 2.7 to 3.3 and gamma between optical densities of 2.00 and 3.00 is 1.5 to 2.5, when processed by use of a prescribed developer.

Inventors

  • 👤 Akio Suzuki
  • 👤 Masatoshi Iwata
  • 👤 Katsutoshi Machida
  • 👤 Chika Honda

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-02 18:24
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03C; G03C1/00; G03C1/005; G03C5/00; G03C5/16; G03C2200/00; G03C2200/58; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S430/00; Y10S430/167; Y10S430/168

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim 56 words
A light-sensitive silver halide photographic material for X-ray photogrphy, characterized in that the material has the characteristic curve whose gamma between optical densities of 0.50 and 1.50 is 2.7 to 3.3 and gamma between optical densities of 2.00 and 3.00 is 1.5 to 2.5, when processed by use of Developer-I having the composition shown below: Developer-I:
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 56 words
A light-sensitive silver halide photographic material for X-ray photogrphy, characterized in that the material has the characteristic curve whose gamma between optical densities of 0.50 and 1.50 is 2.7 to 3.3 and gamma between optical densities of 2.00 and 3.00 is 1.5 to 2.5, when processed by use of Developer-I having the composition shown below: Developer-I:
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 44 words
The light-sensitive silver halide photographic material according to Claim 1, wherein said gamma between optical densities of 0.50 and 1.50 is 2.8 to 3.1 and gamma between optical densities of 2.00 and 3.00 is 1.7 to 2.3, when processed by use of the Developer-I.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 38 words
The light-sensitive silver halide photographic material according to Claim 1, wherein said characteristic curve is obtained by chemically sensitizing two or more kinds of monodispersed emulsions having mean grain sizes different from each other, followed by mixing them.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 28 words
The light-sensitive silver halide photographic material according to Claim 3, wherein said monodispersed emulsions comprise two kinds of monodispersed emulsions having mean grain sizes different from each other.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 53 words
The light-sensitive silver halide photographic material according to Claim 4, wherein the mean grain sizes of the two kinds of monodispersed emulsions ranges from 0.3 to 1.35 um and differentiate in such a mean grain size ratio of one of them to the other as being 1 : 1.2 to 1 : 2.4.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 72 words
The light-sensitive silver halide photographic material according to Claim 5, wherein said two kinds of monodispersed emulsions comprise a monodispersed emulsion containing silver halide grains of a larger mean grain size and a monodispersed emulsion containing silver halide grains of a smaller mean grain size, and the former emulsion and the latter emulsion are mixed in the ratio of 2 : 1 to 5 : 1 as molar ratio of silver halide.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 32 words
The light-sensitive silver halide photographic material according to Claim 6, wherein said emulsions are mixed in the ratio of 3 : 1 to 4 : 1 as molar ratio of silver halide.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 68 words
The light-sensitive silver halide photographic material according to Claim 1, wherein said characteristic curve is obtained by chemically sensitizing a monodispersed emulsion of a mean grain size of 1.15 to 1.35 um and a monodispersed emulsion of a mean grain size of 0.65 to 0.75 µm, respectively, followed by mixing them in the ratio of 3 : 1 to 4 : 1 as molar ratio of silver halide.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 52 words
The light-sensitive silver halide photographic material according to Claim 1, wherein said characteristic curve is obtained by chemically sensitizing a monodispersed emulsion containing grains of a larger mean grain size and a monodispersed emulsion or polydispersed emulsion containing silver halide grains of a smaller mean grain size, respectively, followed by mixing them.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 49 words
The light-sensitive silver halide photographic material according to Claim 1, wherein said characteristic curve is obtained by chemically sensitizing a monodispersed emulsion containing grains of a larger mean grain size and a polydispersed emulsion containing silver halide grains of a smaller mean grain size, respectively, followed by mixing them.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 54 words
The light-sensitive silver halide photographic material according to Claim 10, wherein the mean grain sizes of the polydispersed emulsion and the monodispersed emulsion may range from 0.3 to 1.35 um and differentiate in such a mean grain size ratio of the former to the latter as being 1 : 1.2 to 1 : 2.4.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 37 words
The light-sensitive silver halide photographic material according to Claim 11, wherein the polydispersed emulsion and the monodispersed emulsion are mixed in the ratio of 2 : 1 to 5 : 1 as molar ratio of silver halide.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 37 words
The light-sensitive silver halide photographic material according to Claim 12, wherein the polydispersed emulsion and the monodispersed emulsion are mixed in the ratio of 3 : 1 to 4 : 1 as molar ratio of silver halide.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 68 words
The light-sensitive silver halide photographic material according to Claim 1, wherein said characteristic curve is obtained by chemically sensitizing a monodispersed emulsion of a mean grain size of 1.15 to 1.35 um and a polydispersed emulsion of a mean grain size of 0.55 to 0.75 um, respectively, followed by mixing them in the ratio of 3 : 1 to 4 : 1 as molar ratio of silver halide.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 35 words
The light-sensitive silver halide photographic material according to Claim 1, wherein said light-sensitive material comprises a silver halide emulsion comprising a silver iodobromide emulsion containing not more than about 10 mole % of silver iodide.

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