Hardening hydrophilic colloid silver halide emulsion layer with a 2-haloethylsulfonyl compound

Claim 2

A PHOTOGRAPHIC ELEMENT COMPRISING A SUPPORT AND AT LEAST ONE HYDROPHILIC COLLOID LAYER CONTAINING A RADIATIONSENSITIVE SILVER HALIDE HARDENED WITH A COMPOUND HAVING THE STRUCTURAL FORMULA:

Claim 3

A photographic element comprising a support and at least one gelatin layer containing a radiation-sensitive silver halide hardened with a compound having the structural formula: XCH2CH2SO2Q(OQ)mSO2CH2CH2X wherein X in each occurrence is halogen; Q is an aliphatic or phenyl substituted aliphatic divalent hydrocarbon radical having from one to six aliphatic carbon atoms, said radical being selected from the group consisting of alkylene and alkenylene; and m is an integer of from zero to three inclusive.

Claim 4

A photographic element comprising a support and at least one gelatin layer containing a radiation-sensitive silver halide hardened with a compound having the structural formula: XCH2CH2SO2Q(OQ)mSO2CH2CH2X wherein X in each occurrence is halogen; Q is an aliphatic or phenyl substituted aliphatic divalent hydrocarbon radical having from one to six aliphatic carbon atoms, said radical being selected from the group consisting of alkylene and alkenylene; and m is an integer of from zero to three inclusive.

Claim 5

A photographic element according to claim 1 in which said layer contains from 0.5 to 6 percent by weight of said hardener compound based on the weight of hardenable colloid present in said layer.

Claim 6

A photographic element according to claim 1 in which said layer contains a dye-forming coupler.

Claim 7

A photographic element according to claim 1 in which said hardener compound has 2 2-chloroethylsulfonyl radicals coupled through an aliphatic hydrocarbon or ether linking radical.

Claim 8

A photographic element according to claim 1 in which said hardener compound is a bis(2-haloethylsulfonylalkyl) ether.

Claim 9

A photographic element according to claim 1 in which said hardener compound is a bis(2-haloethylsulfonyl)dioxaalkane.

Claim 10

A photographic element according to claim 1 in which said hardener compound is a bis(2-haloethylsulfonyl)-alkane.

Claim 11

A photographic element according to claim 1 in which said hardener compound is a bis(2-haloethylsulfonyl)-alkene.

Claim 12

A photographic element according to claim 1 in which said hardener compound exhibits the structural formula:

Claim 13

In a process comprised of the steps of forming a radiation-sensitive gelatin silver halide emulsion coating on a support, subjecting the radiation-sensitive gelatin coating to an image forming exposure, hardening the emulsion coating and developing within the gelatin coating a photographic record of the exposure image, the improvement comprising hardening the emulsion coating after exposure and before image development by introducing into the emulsion coating a hardening concentration of a compound having the structural formula: XCH2CH2SO2Q(OQ)mSO2CH2CH2X wherein X is each occurrence is halogen; Q is an aliphatic or phenyl substituted aliphatic divalent hydrocarbon radical having from one to six aliphatic carbon atoms, Said radical being selected from the group consisting of alkylene and alkenylene; and m is an integer of from zero to three inclusive.

Claim 14

In a process comprised of the steps of forming a radiation-sensitive gelatin silver halide emulsion coating on a support, subjecting the radiation-sensitive gelatin coating to an image forming exposure, hardening the emulsion coating and developing within the gelatin coating a photographic record of the exposure image, the improvement comprising hardening the emulsion coating after exposure and before image development by introducing into the emulsion coating a hardening concentration of a compound having the structural formula: XCH2CH2SO2Q(OQ)mSO2CH2CH2X wherein X is each occurrence is halogen; Q is an aliphatic or phenyl substituted aliphatic divalent hydrocarbon radical having from one to six aliphatic carbon atoms, Said radical being selected from the group consisting of alkylene and alkenylene; and m is an integer of from zero to three inclusive.