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US5141845A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Process for the spectral sensitization of photographic silver halide emulsions and products thereof

Assignee: Ilford Imaging Switzerland GmbH
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Filing: 1990-10-31
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Granted: 1992-08-25
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Expires: 2010-10-31
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Abstract

Abstract There is described a process for the spectral sensitization of photographic silver halide emulsions which comprises forming and chemically sensitizing silver halide crystals in a colloid dispersion medium, the process being characterized in that it comprises forming a shell of silver halide on the chemically sensitized crystals by simultaneously adding to the dispersion an aqueous solution of a water soluble halide or pseudo-halide, an aqueous solution of silver nitrate and a J-band aggregating spectral sensitizing dye in an aqueous medium, the said simultaneous additions being continued for sufficient time to form a shell of silver halide or pseudo-halide on the said chemically sensitized silver halide crystals which is up to 15 mole percent of the total silver halide or pseudo-halide of the fully grown crystals. It is thought that in the process of the present invention there is formed on the surface of the chemically sensitized silver halide crystal terraces of the halide or pseudo-halide being added, these terraces being separated from each other by steps of high surface energy. The J-band aggregating dye nucleates on these steps and is deterred from recombining. At the end of the process frequently the whole surface of the silver halide crystals is coverd with such terraces and steps on which the J-band dyes have nucleated. When such crystals are photo exposed, electron hole recombination is decreased leading to higher photographic speed and low LIRF.

Inventors

  • 👤 Pierre A. Brugger
  • 👤 Rolf Steiger

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 17:06
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03C; G03C1/00; G03C1/005; G03C1/015; G03C1/06; G03C1/08; G03C1/10; G03C1/12

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim 111 words
A process for the spectral sensitisation of photographic silver halide emulsions which comprises forming and chemically sensitising silver halide crystals in a colloid dispersion medium to form a core, and forming a shell of silver halide on the chemically sensitised core by simultaneously adding to the dispersion an aqueous solution of water soluble halide or pseudo-halide, an aqueous solution of silver nitrate and at least one J-band aggregating spectral sensitising dye in an aqueous medium, the said simultaneous additions being continued for sufficient time to form a shell of silver halide crystals which is up to 15 mole percent of the total silver halide or pseudo-halide of the fully grown crystals.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 111 words
A process for the spectral sensitisation of photographic silver halide emulsions which comprises forming and chemically sensitising silver halide crystals in a colloid dispersion medium to form a core, and forming a shell of silver halide on the chemically sensitised core by simultaneously adding to the dispersion an aqueous solution of water soluble halide or pseudo-halide, an aqueous solution of silver nitrate and at least one J-band aggregating spectral sensitising dye in an aqueous medium, the said simultaneous additions being continued for sufficient time to form a shell of silver halide crystals which is up to 15 mole percent of the total silver halide or pseudo-halide of the fully grown crystals.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 44 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein the said simultaneous additions are continued for sufficient time to form a shell of silver halide crystals which is from 2 to 10 mole percent of the total silver halide or pseudo-halide of the fully grown crystals.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 14 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein the pseudo-halide is an alkali metal thiocyanate.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 14 words
A process according to claim 2 wherein the pseudo-halide is an alkali metal thiocyanate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 18 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein the silver halide cores have been both gold and sulphur sensitised.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 123 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein the J-band aggregating spectral sensitising dye is a dye of the formula: ##STR3## wherein R 1 and R 2 each independently represents an alkyl- or aryl group or a substituted alkyl- or aryl group, L 1 , L 2 and L 3 each independently represents a methene group or substituted methene group, Z 1 and Z 2 each independently is an atom or a group of atoms necessary to complete a 5- or 6- membered heterocyclic ring, m 1 and m 2 each independently is 0 or 1, n 1 is 0, 1 or 2 and X represents an anion, 1 is 1 or 2 provided that 1 is 1 when (I) forms an inner salt.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 20 words
A process according to claim 6 wherein the sensitizing dye is at least one of the dyes (1)-(30) below: ##STR4##

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