Abstract:
Light-sensitive photographic material having reducible metal compound that forms metal nuclei when exposed to light, and also has reducing agent incorporated in it to form an image when processed without an external developer, shows greater storage stability when the reducing agent is selected from certain hydroxy chromans and coumaranes. The reducible metal compound can be a compound of silver or other Group Ib metal, and can be formed in situ from a non-light sensitive silver salt.
Abstract:
Trimesic aldehydes, which are substituted in the 2-,4- and 6position with chlorine, hydroxy or methoxy, as well as hexamethyl acetals and bisulfite addition products of such aldehydes are useful for hardening gelatin layers especially photographic gelatin layers. The hardening effect is developed by rendering alkaline the gelatin that contains any of these aldehydes.