Polyvinylacetal resin for heat-developable photosensitive material and heat-developable photosensitive material

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide: a polyvinyl acetal resin for a heat-developable photosensitive material capable of preventing skinning in the coating process of the photosensitive layer of the heat-developable photosensitive material, preventing deterioration of image characteristics and coloration of the coating solution, and suppressing the occurrence of odor at the time of producing the heat-developable photosensitive material and heat development. The present invention provides a polyvinyl acetal resin for a heat-developable photosensitive material used for a photosensitive layer of the heat-developable photosensitive material, which has a residual acetyl group content of 25 mol % or less, residual hydroxyl group content of 17-35 mol %, polymerization degree of 200 to 3,000, which is obtained by an acetalization of a polyvinyl alcohol mixture containing polyvinyl alcohol resins having different polymerization degrees, the content of the polyvinyl alcohol having a polymerization degree of 600 or less being 50 wt % or higher in the polyvinyl alcohol mixture.

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