Silver halide photographic emulsions for use in flash exposure

Claim 2

A process for forming an image by use of a silver halide photographic material comprising a silver halide photographic emulsion layer to be used for a flash exposure which process comprises imagewise exposing the photographic material to light for less than 1/10000 second and developing the exposed photographic material to obtain the image, the improvement which comprises the photographic emulsion layer comprising at least one compound containing a metal belonging to Group VIII of the periodic table in an amount of 10 -8 to 5 × 10 -7 mole per mole of silver halide and at least one of the sensitizing dyes represented by the following general formula (I) or (II) and capable of sensitizing silver halide less than 550 nm:

Claim 3

General formula I ##STR8## wherein R is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, allyl, aryl, substituted alkyl, and substituted aryl, the substituted alkyl being selected from the group consisting of β-sulfoethyl, γ-sulfopropyl, δ-sulfobutyl, γ-sulfobutyl, β-(γ-sulfopropoxy)ethyl, β-(δ-sulfothiobutoxy)ethyl, β-hydroxyethyl, β-hydroxy-γ-sulfopropyl, carboxymethyl and β-carboxyethyl, the substituted aryl being selected from the group consisting of p-chlorophenyl and p-carboxyphenyl; Z represents a non-metallic group necessary to complete a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring selected from the group consisting of pyrroline, thiazoline, thiazole, benzothiazole, naphthothiazole, selenazole, benzoselenazole, naphthoselenazole, oxazole, benzoxazole, naphthoxazole, imidazole, benzoimidazole, pyridine, quinoline and indole; Q represents a non-metallic group necessary to complete a substituted or unsubstituted rhodanine, thiohydantoin or thiooxazolidin-dione ring, said substituents selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, sulfoalkyl, carboxyalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, allyl and aryl; and n represents an integer of 1 or 2;

Claim 4

General formula I ##STR8## wherein R is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, allyl, aryl, substituted alkyl, and substituted aryl, the substituted alkyl being selected from the group consisting of β-sulfoethyl, γ-sulfopropyl, δ-sulfobutyl, γ-sulfobutyl, β-(γ-sulfopropoxy)ethyl, β-(δ-sulfothiobutoxy)ethyl, β-hydroxyethyl, β-hydroxy-γ-sulfopropyl, carboxymethyl and β-carboxyethyl, the substituted aryl being selected from the group consisting of p-chlorophenyl and p-carboxyphenyl; Z represents a non-metallic group necessary to complete a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring selected from the group consisting of pyrroline, thiazoline, thiazole, benzothiazole, naphthothiazole, selenazole, benzoselenazole, naphthoselenazole, oxazole, benzoxazole, naphthoxazole, imidazole, benzoimidazole, pyridine, quinoline and indole; Q represents a non-metallic group necessary to complete a substituted or unsubstituted rhodanine, thiohydantoin or thiooxazolidin-dione ring, said substituents selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, sulfoalkyl, carboxyalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, allyl and aryl; and n represents an integer of 1 or 2;

Claim 5

General formula II ##STR9## wherein R 1 and R 2 individually are selected from the group consisting of alkyl, allyl, aryl, substituted alkyl, and substituted aryl, the substituted alkyl being selected from the group consisting of β-sulfoethyl, γ-sulfopropyl, δ-sulfobutyl, γ-sulfobutyl, β-(γ-sulfopropoxy)ethyl, β-(δ-sulfothiobutoxy)ethyl, β-hydroxyethyl, β-hydroxy-γ-sulfopropyl, carboxymethyl and β-carboxyethyl, and the substituted aryl being selected from the group consisting of p-chlorophenyl and p-carboxyphenyl; Z 1 and Z 2 individually represent a non-metallic group necessary to complete a pyridine, pyrroline, oxazole, thiazole, or selenazole ring; X - represents an anion; and n 1 , n 2 and n 3 individually represent an integer of 1 or 2, provided that n 3 is 1 when a sensitizing dye of the general formula forms an inner salt.

Claim 6

General formula II ##STR9## wherein R 1 and R 2 individually are selected from the group consisting of alkyl, allyl, aryl, substituted alkyl, and substituted aryl, the substituted alkyl being selected from the group consisting of β-sulfoethyl, γ-sulfopropyl, δ-sulfobutyl, γ-sulfobutyl, β-(γ-sulfopropoxy)ethyl, β-(δ-sulfothiobutoxy)ethyl, β-hydroxyethyl, β-hydroxy-γ-sulfopropyl, carboxymethyl and β-carboxyethyl, and the substituted aryl being selected from the group consisting of p-chlorophenyl and p-carboxyphenyl; Z 1 and Z 2 individually represent a non-metallic group necessary to complete a pyridine, pyrroline, oxazole, thiazole, or selenazole ring; X - represents an anion; and n 1 , n 2 and n 3 individually represent an integer of 1 or 2, provided that n 3 is 1 when a sensitizing dye of the general formula forms an inner salt.

Claim 7

A process according to claim 1 wherein the compound containing the metal is selected from the group consisting of ferric chloride, potassium ferricyanide, cobalt chloride, luthioate, nickel chloride, nickel sulfate, ruthenium chloride, ruthenium hydroxide, rhodium chloride, ammonium hexachlororhodate, palladium chloride, palladium nitrate, potassium hexachloroparadate, osmium chloride, iridium chloride, potassium chloroiridate, ammonium hexachloroiridate, ammonium hexachloroplatinate and potassium hexachloroplatinate.

Claim 8

A process according to claim 1, wherein the amount of at least one of said sensitizing dyes is from 3 to 500 mg per mole of silver halide.

Claim 9

A process according to claim 1 wherein the emulsion comprises silver halide grains of less than 3μ in an average diameter.