US4301241A
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Process for forming light-sensitive silver halide crystals
Assignee: Fujifilm Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1979-05-31
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Granted: 1981-11-17
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Expires: 1999-05-31
Abstract
Abstract A process for forming light-sensitive silver halide crystals by adding silver ion and halide ion in the presence of a protective colloid, which comprises producing seed crystals containing multiple twin crystal grains during a crystal nuclei-forming period, maintaining the pBr of the system at about 4.8 to 2.0 during at least the first third of the subsequent crystal-growing period, and increasing the rates of silver ion and halide ion addition to levels at which the crystal growth rate becomes about 30 to 100% of the critical crystal growth rate throughout said crystal-growing period..
Inventors
- 👤 Mitsuo Saito
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 19:04
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03C; G03C1/00; G03C1/005; G03C1/015; G03C1/0051; G03C2001/0058
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
133 words
A process for forming light-sensitive silver halide crystals by adding silver ion in the form of a silver salt aqueous solution and halide ion in the form of a halide salt aqueous solution to a solution containing bromide ion in the presence of a protective colloid, which comprises producing seed crystals containing multiple twin crystal grains during a crystal nuclei-forming period, maintaining the pBr of the system at about 4.8 to 2.0 during at least the first third of a subsequent crystal-growing period, and increasing the rates of silver ion and halide ion addition to levels at which the crystal growth becomes about 30 to 100% of the critical crystal growth rate, including gradually increasing the concentration of said silver salt aqueous solution and said halide salt aqueous solution during said crystal-growing period.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
133 words
A process for forming light-sensitive silver halide crystals by adding silver ion in the form of a silver salt aqueous solution and halide ion in the form of a halide salt aqueous solution to a solution containing bromide ion in the presence of a protective colloid, which comprises producing seed crystals containing multiple twin crystal grains during a crystal nuclei-forming period, maintaining the pBr of the system at about 4.8 to 2.0 during at least the first third of a subsequent crystal-growing period, and increasing the rates of silver ion and halide ion addition to levels at which the crystal growth becomes about 30 to 100% of the critical crystal growth rate, including gradually increasing the concentration of said silver salt aqueous solution and said halide salt aqueous solution during said crystal-growing period.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
The process of claim 1, wherein said seed crystal-growing period is not more than about 1/10 of said crystal-forming period.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
72 words
The process of claim 1, wherein said silver salt aqueous solution and said halide salt aqueous solution are added such that the pBr in the reaction vessel is about 4.8 to 2.0 at the initiation of said crystal-growing period, and maintaining the pBr at said level during at least the first third of the crystal-growing period and at about 4.8 to 1.5 during at least the first third, of the remaining period.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
The process of claim 1, wherein said seed crystals contain 10% or more in number of said multiple twin crystal grains.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the process comprises producing said seed crystals containing multiple twin crystal grains by merely mixing said solutions.
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