Abstract:
A PROCESS OR PREPARING FINE-GRAIN LIGHT-SENSITIVE SILVER HALIDE EMULSIONS OF THE LIPPMANN TYPE IS DESCRIBED WHEREIN PRECIPITATION OF THE SILVER HALIDE GRAINS OCCURS IN THE PRESENCE OF A COMPOUND OF THE FORMULA:
Z-A-X
WHEREIN EACH OF Z AND X STANDS FOR A HETEROCYCLE COMPRISING THE MOIETY=N-AND A REPRESENTS A CHEMICAL BOND ALKYLENE, ALKYLENE INTERRUPTED BY OXYGEN OR -N (R)-, R BEING HYDROGEN OR C1-C4 ALKYL, ARYLENE, ALKENYLENE OR~S-ALKYLENE-S~OR~S-ALKYLENE~THE ALKYLENE GROUPS OF WHICH MAY BE INTERRUPTED BY OXYGEN OR THE GROUP -N(R)-. THE AVERAGE SILVER HALIDE GRAIN SIZE CAN BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 50 NM. THE EMULSIONS SHOW A HIGH DIFFRACTION EFFICIENCY AND A HIGH SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO.
Abstract:
PHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPING METHODS ARE DESCRIBED WHEREIN AN EXPOSED SILVER HALIDE EMULSION LAYER OF A PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIAL IS DEVELOPED WITH AN AQUEOUS ALKALINE COMPOSITION IN THE PRESENCE OF A N,N-DIALKYLHYDROXYLAMINE DEVELOPING AGENT AND A QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUND HAVING THE FORMULA
$-(CH2)2-(OCH2CH2)N-1-R$X-
WHEREIN
$ STANDS FOR A QUATERNARY AMMONIUM GROUP EITHER CYCLIC OR ACYCLIC, R STANDS FOR AN ALKYL GROUP CONPRISING FROM 7 TO 20 CATOMS OR FOR THE GROUP
Q(+)-(CH2)X-(O-(CH2)2)(N-1)-R X(-)
X- IS AN ANION N STANDS FOR AN INTEGER FROM 1 TO 250, N BEING AT LEAST 2 WHEN R STANDS FOR ALKYL, AND X STANDS FOR 2 WHEN N IS DIFFERENT FROM U AND FOR AN INTERGER FROM 2 TO 16 WHEN N=1.
THE DEVELOPMENT IS ACCELERATED WITHOUT ADVERSE EFFECTS.
Abstract:
A process of preparing an S-alkyl or S-aralkyl thiosulphate compound having the formula: MO3S-L1-L2-L3-S-SO3M comprising the steps of mixing an intramolecular ester having the formula: WITH AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION CONTAINING AN INORGANIC THIOSULPHATE AND HEATING THE MIXTURE, WHEREIN EACH OF L1 and L3 stands for a methylene group, and L2 stands for an alkylene group comprising from 1 to 3 carbon atoms in straight line, or L1 together with L2 stands for the group WHEREIN Z represents the atoms necessary to close an aromatic nucleus, and M stands for a metal atom such as an alkali metal atom or an ammonium group, is described. The compounds are useful in photographic silver halide emulsions.
Abstract:
A LIGHT-SENSITIVE MATERIAL COMPRISING A SILVER HALIDE EMULSION LAYER CONTAINING AN IODONIUM COMPOUND CORRESPONDING TO ONE OF THE FOLLOWING FORMULAE:
(PHENYL)2-I(+) Y(-) . HGX2 AND
DIBENZIODOLIUM Y(-) . HGX2
WHEREIN Y- REPRESENTS AN ANION AND X REPRESENTS A HALOGEN ATOM HAVING AN ATOMIC NUMBER GREATER THAN 9 IS DESCRIBED. THE IODONIUM COMPOUND STABILIZES THE EMULSION AGAINST ANY INCREASE IN FOG WITHOUT SUBSTANTIAL DESENSITIZATION OF THE EMULSION.
Abstract:
A PHOTOGRAPHIC LIGHT-SENSITIVE MATERIAL COMPRISING A SILVER HALIDE EMULSION LAYER CONTAINING A COMPOUND CORRESPONDING TO ONE OF THE FOLLOWING STRUCTURAL FORMULAE IA OR IB:
EACH OF A1, A2, A3, A4, Z1, Z2, Z3, AND Z4 STANDS FOR A CHLORINE ATOM OR A POLYOXYALKYLENE GROUP OF THE FORMULA -(OR1)N-X, AT LEAST ONE OF THE GROUPS A1, A2, A3, A4, Z1, Z2, Z3, OR Z4 BEING THE GROUP -(OR1)N-X WHEREIN N REPRESENTS AN INTEGER OF AT LEAST 5, THE
-(OR1)-
GROUP REPRESENTING REPEATING UNITS ENTIRELY CONSISTING OF ETHYLENE OXIDE UNITS OR A MIXTURE OF ETHYLENE OXIDE UNITS AND PROPYLENE OXIDE UNITS, AND X BEING A TERMINAL GROUP THAT IS UNREACTIVE WITH RESPECT TO AN ACTIVE HALOGEN ATOM OF AN ACID HALIDE COMPOUND AND IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF
-O-R, -OOC-R, -S-R, OR -N(-R)2
WHEREIN R IS AN ALKYL, AN ARYL, A CYCLOALKYL, OR A HETEROCYCLIC RADICAL, SAID RADICALS BEING UNREACTIVE WITH RESPECT TO SAID ACTIVE HALOGEN ATOM IS DESCRIBED. THE SILVER HALIDE EMULSION HAS A HIGH DEVELOPING ACTIVATION IN COMBINATION WITH A VERY LOW FOG PRODUCTION.
Abstract:
R1, R2, AND R3 EACH REPRESENTING ALKYL, ARALKYL OR ARYL AND X-IS AN ANION WHEN R ITSELF DOES NOT CONTAIN AN ANIONIC GROUP. THESE PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS HAVE DECREASED FORGGING TENDENCY, EVEN UNDER CONDITIONS OF HIGH TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY, AND THEIR SENSITIVITY IS PRACTICALLY NOT LOWERED BY THE PRESENCE OF THESE SELENIUM COMPOUNDS.
-P(+)(-R1)(-R2)(-R3) X(-)
PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIAL ARE PROVIDED WHICH COMPRISE IN A LIGHT-SENSITIVE SILVER HALIDE EMULSION LAYER OR IN AN ADJACENT WATER-PERMEABLE LAYER A SELENIUM COMPOUND OF THE FORMULA R-SE-Q WHEREIN R STAND FOR ALKYL, ARALKYL, ALKARYL OR ARYL WHICH MAY BE SUBSTITUTED BY HALOGEN, SULPHO, CARBOXYL OR NITRO OR FORM PART OF A HETEROCYCLIC RING SYSTEM AND O STANDS FOR HALOGEN, CYANA OR
Abstract:
AN ELECTROCONDUCTIVE POLYMERIC FILM USEFUL IN CERTAIN RECORDING ELEMENTS, ESPECIALLY ELECTROGRAPHIC RECORDING ELEMENTS INCLUDING A PHOTOCONDUCTIVE LAYER OR OTHER ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE RETAINING LAYER IN ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH SUCH FILM, IS COMPOSED OF RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED RECURRING UNITS HAVING THE FOLLOWING FORMULAE:
WHEREIN UNITS (A) CONSTITUTE BETWEEN ABOUT 25-95 MOLE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF SUCH RECURRING UNITS IN THE POLYMER, R IS A QUATERNARY AMMONIUM, PHOSPHONIUM, OR TERTIARY SULFONIUM GROUP AND X IS AN ANION.