Silver halide photographic element

Claim 1

A silver halide photographic element comprising a support having provided, on a first side thereof, at least one light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a hydrazine compound or tetrazolium compound and, on a second side thereof, an antistatic coating layer having a backing layer formed thereon, said hydrazine compound being represented by the following formula ##STR23## wherein R 1 is a monovalent organic residue; R 2 is hydrogen or a monovalent organic residue; Q 1 and Q 2 are each independently hydrogen, optionally substituted alkylsulfonyl, or optionally substituted arylsulfonyl; and X 1 is oxygen or sulfur; said tetrazolium compound being represented by the following formula ##STR24## wherein R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are each independently substituted or unsubstituted phenyl; and X⊖ is an anion; said antistatic coating layer containing (1) a water soluble conductive polymer having a molecular weight of 3,000-100,000 and, in an amount of at least 5 wt % per mol of polymer, a group selected from the class consisting of sulfonic acid, sulfate ester, quaternary ammonium salt, tertiary ammonium salt, carboxyl and polyethylene oxide, (2) hydrophobic polymer particles obtained by polymerizing a monomer selected from the group consisting of styrene, a styrene derivative, alkyl acrylate, alkyl methacrylate, an olefinic derivative, a halogenated ethylene derivative, an acrylamide derivative, a methacrylamide derivative, a vinyl ester derivative, and acrylonitrile, and (3) an electron-beam or an X-ray radiation curable polyalkylene oxide compound or a polyfunctional aziridine compound in an amount of 1-1,000 mg/m 2 ; said backing layer containing gelatin as a binder and an aliphatic epoxy curing agent having a hydroxyl group and a plurality of epoxy groups in an amount of 1-1,000 mg/m 2 .