Photographic light-sensitive material

Claim 1

A photographic light-sensitive silver halide element having a photographic gelatin-containing layer containing a copolymer of a styrene component, a maleic acid component and an acrylamide component in which the content of the acrylamide component is about 3 to 30 mole% of said copolymer, the content of the maleic acid component is 35 to 50 mol% of said copolymer, said copolymer being present in an amount of from about 3 to 60% by weight of said gelatin and the acrylamide component is represented by the following general formula (I) ##STR13## in which R 1 and R 2 , which can be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and R 3 and R 4 , which can be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms or R 3 and R 4 may combine as the non-metaliceatoms necessary for forming a 5-, 6- or 7-membered ring; the styrene component represented by the following general formula (II) ##STR14## in which R 5 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and R 6 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a hydroxyl group, a hydroxymethyl group, a cyano group, a nitro group or a halogen atom; and the said maleic acid component is represented by the following general formula (III) ##STR15## in which R 7 and R 8 , which can be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or a phenyl group; R 9 and R 10 , which can be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms or an aralkyl group; and X and Y, which can be the same or different, each represents --O-- or --NH--; and --X--R 9 and R 10 --Y can combine together and represent --O--.