US 5,296,343 A · Silver halide photographic emulsion and full color recording material containing the same

Abstract

Disclosed is a silver halide photographic emulsion spectrally sensitized in the wavelength range longer than 730 nm, and full-color recording materials containing such a photographic emulsion. The photographic emulsion has undergone J-band sensitization by containing at least one compound represented by the following general formula (I) in an amount of from 0.3 to 0.9 based on the specific addition amount defined in the disclosure, at a temperature ranging from 60.degree. C. to 85.degree. C. to gain a spectral sensitivity maximum at a wavelength from 730 nm to 900 nm: ##STR1## wherein Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2 each represents a sulfur or selenium atom; Q.sub.1 and Q.sub.2 each represents a methylene group; R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represents an alkyl group; R.sub.3 represents an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclyl group; L.sub.1, L.sub.2 and L.sub.3 each represents a methine group; A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 each represents the atoms necessary for completing a benzene ring; R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may combine with L.sub.1 and L.sub.3, respectively, to form a ring; M.sub.1 represents a counter ion for charge balance; and m.sub.1 represents the numerical value required for neutralization of the electric charge.

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Dependent claims

A silver halide photographic emulsion which is spectrally sensitized by containing at least one compound represented by the following general formula (I), said compound being added to said emulsion in an amount of from 0.3 to 0.9 based on the specific addition amount:

100 M R/S (wherein M represents the number of moles of the compound added to said emulsion, R is Avogadro's number, and S represents the total surface area (.ANG..sup.2) of the silver halide grains present in said emulsion) at a temperature ranging from 60.degree. C. to 85.degree. C. to cause in said emulsion J-band sensitization so as to confer a spectral sensitivity maximum at a wavelength from 730 nm to 900 nm:
##STR75## wherein Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2 each represent a sulfur or selenium atom;
Q.sub.1 and Q.sub.2 each represent a methylene group;
R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represent an alkyl group;
R.sub.3 represents an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclyl group;
L.sub.1, L.sub.2 and L.sub.3 each represent a methine group;
A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 each represent atoms completing a benzene ring;
R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may combine with L.sub.1 and L.sub.3, respectively, to form a ring;
M.sub.1 represents a counter ion for charge balance;
and m.sub.1 represents a numerical value required for neutralization of the electric charge.

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A full-color recording material which comprises a support having thereon at least three kinds of silver halide emulsion layer each layers of which contains a yellow color-forming coupler, a magenta color-forming coupler or a cyan color-forming coupler, each layer being different in the wavelengths at which it has sensitivity, and at least one silver halide emulsion layer of which is selectively subjected to spectral sensitization designated so as to corresponds to the light flux of wavelengths longer than 730 nm, wherein said at least one emulsion is a silver halide photographic emulsion which is spectrally sensitized by containing at least one compound represented by the following general formula (I), said compound being added to said emulsion in an amount of from 0.3 to 0.9 based on the specific addition amount:

100.multidot.M.multidot.R/S (wherein M represents the number of moles of the compound added to said emulsion, R is Avogadro's number, and S represents the total surface area (.ANG..sup.2) of the silver halide grains present in said emulsion) at a temperature ranging from 60.degree. C. to 85.degree. C. to cause in said emulsion J-band sensitization so as to confer a spectral sensitivity maximum at a wavelength from 730 nm to 900 nm:
##STR76## wherein Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2 each represent a sulfur or Selenium and Q.sub.2 each represent a methylene group;
R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represent an alkyl group;
R.sub.3 represents an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclyl group;
L.sub.1, L.sub.2 and L.sub.3 each represent a methine group;
A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 each represent atoms completing a benzene ring;
R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may combine with L.sub.1 and L.sub.3, respectively, to form a ring;
M.sub.1 represents a counter ion for charge balance;
and m.sub.1 represents a numerical value required for neutralization of the electric charge.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Silver halide photographic emulsion and full color recording material containing the same

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Silver halide photographic emulsion and full color recording material containing the same

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