摘要:
An image-forming system for radiological imaging is disclosed said system consisting of an intensifying screen comprising on a support at least one layer of a green-light emitting phosphor and, in operative association therewith, a prehardened light-sensitive photographic silver halide film material, comprising a support and on both sides thereof one or more hydrophilic colloid layers, said layers being hardened to such an extent that their swelling degree is reduced to less than 200% after immersing said material for 2 minutes in demineralised water of 35.degree. C.; further comprising in at least one of said hydrophilic layers chemically ripened, monodisperse essentially cubic silver chloroiodide grains having a mean crystal diameter of from 0.40 mm up to 0.65 mm; wherein said grains have been spectrally sensitised in the wavelength range between 520 and 580 nm, have a maximum absorption between 540 and 500 nm and have been coated in a total amount of silver per sq.m. of from 6 g up to 8 g, wherein said amount is expressed as an equivalent amount of silver nitrate per sq.m.; said image-forming system being characterised in that said silver chloroiodide grains have been doped with a complex ion compound satisfying the formula[ML.sub.6 ].sup.n- (I)whereinM represents a filled frontier orbital polyvalent metal ion;L.sub.6 represents six coordination complex ligands which are independently selected, provided that at least three, more preferred four, of the said ligands are more electronegative than any halide ligand and at least four of the said ligands are anionic ligands; n=1, 2, 3 or 4;and wherein the energetic distance between filled higher occupied (HOMO) and lower unoccupied (LUMO) molecular orbital is more than 27000 cm.sup.-1.
摘要:
A method has been found of preparing a silver halide emulsion comprising silver chlorobromoiodide or silver chloroiodide tabular grains with at least 75 mole % of chloride and from 0.1 up to 3 mole % of iodide, based on silver, further having {111} crystal faces, an average aspect ratio of at least 2:1, with at least 50%, more preferable at least 75% and still more preferable more than 90% of the total projected area of all grains being provided by said tabular grains and with a variation coefficient on sphere equivalent diameter (SED) of said grains being lower than 0.30, more preferably lower than 0.25 and most preferable from 0.05 up to at most 0.15, said method comprising the steps ofpreparing a dispersion medium (preferably containing a gelatino-peptizer) and a crystal habit growth modifier in a reaction vessel;precipitating silver chlor(oiod)ide or silver chlorobrom(oiod)ide nuclei in a crystal nucleation step by mixing silver salt and halide salt solutions in the said dispersion medium,growing the said nuclei during one or more growth and/or physical ripening steps;characterized bymaintaining the said dispersion medium at an initial pH value maintained between 6.0 and 9.0 during nucleation;setting pH to a value lower than 6.0, and more preferably to a value of not more than 4.0, for at least 30 seconds, between ending the said nucleation step and ending the said growing step; followed byresetting pH to the said initial pH value.
摘要:
A method has been described for preparing a gelatinous emulsion having grains rich in silver choride, wherein at least 70%, and more preferred 90%, of the total projected area of all grains is provided by {111} tabular grains having an average aspect ratio of more than 2:1, an average equivalent circular diameter of at least 0.3 .mu.m and an average thickness of from 0.05 to 0.25 .mu.m , wherein a percent variation on average equivalent circular diameter of said tabular grains is 30% or less and wherein a percent variation on average thickness of said tabular grains is 20% or less and wherein said tabular grains are present in percent numerical amounts of at least 90%, said method comprising following steps:preparing in a reaction vessel a dispersion medium comprising an initial amount of a crystal habit modifying agent;precipitating therein silver halide crystal nuclei by double-jet precipitation of an aqueous silver nitrate and an aqueous solution comprising halide ions, wherein less than 10% by weight of a total amount of silver nitrate used is consumed;growing said silver halide crystal nuclei by further precipitation of silver halide by means of double-jet precipitation of an aqueous silver nitrate solution and an aqueous solution comprising halide ions, wherein more than 90% by weight of a total amount of silver nitrate is consumed, characterized in that during at least one of the said steps at least one compound is added to the said reaction vessel, said compound being a hydrophilic amphoteric block copolymer containing (i) a non-ionic acrylic block comprising a sequence of units having pendant nitrile groups according to formula I given in the claims and (ii) a acrylamid(in)ic block comprising a sequence of units according to formula II given in the claims, said hydrophilic amphoteric block copolymer further comprising within said acrylamid(in)ic block(s) units having pendant acidic groups or salts thereof as well as units having pendant basic groups or salts thereof. Emulsions having tabular grains prepared according to the method of the present invention and light-sensitive silver halide photographic materials wherein said emulsions have been coated in light-sensitive layers have also been disclosed.
摘要:
A method has been described for preparing a light-sensitive silver halide photographic emulsion comprising performing at least three distinct precipitation steps in an aqueous medium into a reaction vessel, followed by desalting by means of flocculation and washing or by means of ultrafiltration, said emulsion comprising a colloidally stabilizing binder and {100} tabular silver halide grains containing at least 50 mole % of silver chloride, wherein at least 60% by number of all grains is provided by said tabular grains, and wherein said tabular grains exhibit an average aspect ratio of at least 2, an average thickness of at most 0.25 .mu.m with a variation coefficient of at most 0.25, and an average equivalent circular crystal diameter of 0.3 .mu.m or more with a variation coefficient of at most 0.20;said three distinct precipitation steps being a nucleation step and two growth steps, said method being further characterized by introducing after ending the said nucleation step one or more crystal dislocation(s) onto nuclei formed in the said nucleation step in order to provide anisotropic growth of the said nuclei into {100} tabular grains,wherein introducing said crystal dislocation(s) is performed within a time taking no longer than the time required to perform a first physical ripening step after the nucleation step in order to get a number of dislocation lines of less than 5, in one and the same crystallographic plane, andwherein said physical ripening step between introducing said dislocation(s) and growing the nuclei having said dislocation(s) in a first growth step proceeds within a time interval from 2 to 10 minutes, and more preferably from 5 to 10 minutes.
摘要:
A method is disclosed for the preparation of tabular silver halide emulsion grains rich in chloride and showing (100) parallel major and an average aspect ratio of at least 2.0 in silica sol as protective colloid binder. Important parameters are the addition modalities of the silica sol and the ratio of its amount to the amount of a costabilizing onium compound.
摘要:
A radiographic screen/film combination or system has been provided comprising a duplitized film sandwiched between a pair of supporting or self-supporting X-ray intensifying screens, characterized in that i) said pair of supported or self-supporting X-ray intensifying screens essentially consists of luminescent phosphor particles emitting at least 50% and more preferably at least 80% of their emitted radiation in the wavelength range shorter than 380 nm, as e.g. a niobium and gadolinium doped, monoclinic M, yttriumtantalate (MYT) phosphor corresponding to formula IYTaO.sub.4 :Gd:Nb (I),ii) said film comprises {111} tabular silver halide grains rich in silver chloride, spectrally sensitive to irradiation in the said wavelength range shorter than 380 nm by the presence of at least one azacyanine dye as a spectral sensitizer.
摘要:
A method has been disclosed of processing an image-wise exposed light-sensitive black-and-white silver halide photographic material comprising a support coated on one or both sides thereof with hydrophilic layers, wherein at least one of said layers comprises one or more emulsions having tabular silver halide crystals rich in silver chloride, said method comprising the steps of developing, fixing, rinsing and drying, further characterized in that said developing step proceeds in a black-and-white developer comprising one or more organic compounds inhibiting development, more preferably one or more benzotriazole compounds, and in that said developer is substantially free from bromide ions in favor of a low fog level, a high speed and a sufficiently high covering power of the developed tabular grains.
摘要:
A method is disclosed of preparing of a photographic silver halide emulsion comprising precipitating in one or more precipitation steps in a reaction vessel, followed by desalting by means of flocculation and washing or by means of ultrafiltration, said emulsion comprising gelatin as a binder and {100} tabular silver halide grains containing at least 50 mole % of chloride, wherein at least 40% by number of all grains is provided by said tabular grains, and wherein said tabular grains exhibit an average aspect ratio of at least 2, an average thickness of at most 0.5 .mu.m, and an average equivalent circular crystal diameter of 0.3 .mu.m or more, characterized in that during said precipitation step(s) said gelatin binder present in said reaction vessel is substantially free of calcium ions and is oxidized to a degree in order to have a methionine content of at most 4000 ppm.
摘要:
A light-sensitive silver halide photographic emulsion has been described, said emulsion comprising a colloidally stabilizing binder and {100} tabular silver halide grains containing at least 50 mole % of silver chloride, wherein at least 70% by number of all grains is provided by said tabular grains, exhibiting an average aspect ratio of at least 5 and an average equivalent circular grain diameter of at least 0.3 .mu.m, wherein said tabular grains have an average thickness of less than 0.25 .mu.m for at least 75% by number of all tabular grains.In order to prepare said emulsion a method has been disclosed comprising performing at least three distinct precipitation steps in an aqueous medium in a reaction vessel, followed by desalting by means of washing after flocculation or by means of ultrafiltration, wherein said three distinct precipitation steps consist of a nucleation step followed by a first and a second growth step, said method being further characterized by introducing in the said reaction vessel, after the first growth step, of a block-copolymer according to the formula (I) as described in the detailed description and in the claims.
摘要:
An image-forming system for radiological imaging is described consisting of an intensifying screen comprising on a support at least one layer of a green-light emitting phosphor and, in operative association therewith, a prehardened light-sensitive photographic silver halide film material, comprising a support and on both sides thereof one or more hydrophilic colloid layers having monodisperse cubic silver chloroiodide grains with a mean crystal diameter of from 0.40 .mu.m up to 0.65 .mu.m or {111} tabular silver chloroiodide grains having an aspect ratio of from 5 to 20 and a tabularity from 20 to 200; wherein said grains have been spectrally sensitized in the green wavelength range and have been coated in a total amount of silver per sq.m. of from 6 g up to 8 g, expressed as an equivalent amount of silver nitrate per sq.m.; wherein in the image-forming system silver chloroiodide grains have been chemically sensitized with one or more selenide compound(s) generating silver selenide.