Abstract: A binder for a magnetic recording medium which contains a polyvinyl alkylal resin modified by a sultone to introduce thereinto an atom group containing a polar group. Also disclosed is a magnetic recording medium that uses the above-described binder in a magnetic layer, a non-magnetic layer, a protective layer, an undercoat layer, etc. The binder and the magnetic recording medium are superior in dispersibility and exhibit high magnetic coating strength.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium comprising a nonmagnetic support having on at least one side thereof a magnetic layer comprising a ferromagnetic particle and a binder, wherein the binder comprises a polyvinyl acetal resin having a polar group and a polyurethane resin having a polar group; and a magnetic recording medium comprising (a) a nonmagnetic support having on at least one side thereof at least one of a lower magnetic layer comprising a ferromagnetic particle and a binder and a nonmagnetic layer comprising a nonmagnetic particle and a binder and (b) an upper magnetic layer comprising a ferromagnetic particle and a binder provided thereon, wherein at least the binder contained in the upper magnetic layer comprises a polyvinyl acetal resin having a polar group and a polyurethane resin having a polar group.

Abstract: A negative type silver halide photographic material is disclosed, which comprises a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer and at least one other hydrophilic colloidal layer, wherein at least one said silver halide emulsion layer or at least one said other hydrophilic colloidal layer contains a hydrazine derivative and a polyacrylamide derivative.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising a support having provided thereon at least one hydrophilic colloid layer, the hydrophilic colloid layer comprising polymer particles which contain hydrazine derivative.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material having a high covering power with improved pressure resistance and antistatic properties upon development, which comprises at least one silver halide photographic emulsion layer disposed on at least one side of a support, wherein at least one of the silver halide photographic emulsion layer(s) contains a photosensitive silver halide emulsion containing silver iodide and an internally fogged silver halide emulsion, and at least one of the silver halide photographic emulsion layer(s) and an auxiliary layer(s) which is disposed on the same side of the support as that of the support having said emulsion containing silver iodide contains at least one polyoxyethylenic surface active agent selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by formula (I) and (II) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.6, R.sub.8, R.sub.10, and R.sub.

Abstract: A color diffusion transfer photographic element comprised of a light-sensitive dye release and receiving sheet and a cover sheet, wherein development, dye release and dye transfer occur in the presence of an alkaline processing solution, and wherein the cover sheet is provided with a neutralizing system which causes neutralization by an alkaline processing solution to proceed by at least a first and second stage, wherein the first stage is characterized in that neutralization (lowering) of the pH of an alkaline processing solution occurs to the extent to interrupt development and dye release reactions but at which the transfer of a dye for forming a transfer image can continue, and a second stage at which the pH of the processing solution is gradually lowered to a final value which is stably maintained over prolonged storage, the photographic element characterized in that the neutralizing system comprises at least a neutralizing layer, a second neutralization timing layer, an auxiliary neutralizing layer, and

Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide light-sensitive material is disclosed, comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer with an automatic developing machine which comprises developing an imagewise exposed silver halide light-sensitive material, wherein an amount of organic substances remaining in at least one of the emulsion layer or other hydrophilic colloid layers comprising a surface protective layer after said processing with said automatic developing machine, is not more than about 90 wt % of the weight of said organic substances prior to said processing.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising a support and at least two silver halide emulsion layers on one or both sides of the support, wherein at least one of silver halide emulsion layers contains a polymer having a repeating unit represented by the general formula (I) and/or dextran: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; R.sup.2 and R.sup.3, which may be the same or different, and are each a hydrogen atom, or a group having 10 or less carbon atoms and selected from the group consisting of a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, and a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 may combine together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached to form a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring; L is an (m+1)-valent connecting group; n is 0 or 1; and m is 1 or 2.

Abstract: In a color diffusion transfer photographic element, a novel neutralization system for reducing the pH of an alkaline processing solution comprises at least two steps wherein the first step pH of the processing solution is reduced to a range in which development and dye release reactions are substantially discontinued but in which diffusion of dyes for forming transfer images continues, and in the second step pH is further reduced and allows to reduce at a neutralization rate lower than the rate in the first step to a final pH of which the transfer image formed is stable upon storage for a long period.