Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling the formation of the intermetallic compounds in solder joints, The types of the intermetallic compounds between the SnAgCu solders and the Ni-bearing substrate can be controlled by adjusting the copper concentration in the SnAgCu solders. If the SnAgCu solder has a copper concentration higher than or equivalent to 0.6 wt. %, the soldering intermetallic compound includes a continuous (Cu1−xNix)6Sn5 layer. If the copper concentration of the SnAgCu solders is lower than or equivalent to 0.4 wt. %, the soldering intermetallic compound includes a continuous (Ni1−yCuy)3Sn4 layer and a non-continuous (Cu1−xNix)6Sn5 layer. If the copper concentration of the SnAgCu solders is between 0.4 wt. % to 0.6 wt. %, the soldering intermetallic compound includes the continuous (Cu1−xNix)6Sn5.

Abstract: There is disclosed a silver halide color photographic material and a method for forming a color image using said photographic material. The silver halide color photographic material comprises photosensitive emulsion layers each containing silver halide emulsion grains having 95 mol % or more of silver chloride and a hydrophilic colloid layer containing a white pigment that is applied between the support and the photosensitive emulsion layer nearest to the support, the weight ratio of the white pigment in said hydrophilic colloid layer being 40 wt % or more, and the ratio of the total amount of the hydrophilic colloid applied on the support to the total coating amount of the photosensitive silver halide in the photographic material being in the range from 5.0 to 30.0.

Abstract: A heat developable color photographic material is disclosed. The color photographic material is comprised of a support having thereon a light-sensitive mixed crystal silver haloiodide having a silver iodide content of 4 to 40 mole %, a binder and a dye-providing substance capable of providing a mobile dye, when the silver haloiodide is reduced to silver by heating, in chemical relation to the reaction. The color photographic material is capable of producing an image by quick development in a substantially water free state. Even when the color photographic material is used in combination with an organic silver salt it is capable of providing excellent color sensitivity.

Abstract: A heat developable color light-sensitive material is disclosed, which comprises a support having provided thereon at least a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion, a binder, and a compound having a dye moiety within the molecule and which is capable of releasing, upon reduction of light-sensitive silver halide to silver at elevated temperatures, said dye moiety corresponding to or inversely corresponding to the reduction to form a dye different from said compound in terms of diffusibility, wherein said light-sensitive silver halide emulsion is prepared by forming silver halide grains in the presence of a sensitizing dye.

Abstract: A heat developable light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive layer wherein at least one layer comprises a compound represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, which may be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aralkyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group each of which may be substituted or unsubstituted; a carboxy group or a salt thereof; R.sub.3 and R.sub.

Abstract: A heat-developable light-sensitive material is described, comprising a support having thereon at least (1) a light-sensitive silver halide, (2) a silver salt oxidizing agent, (3) silver salt particles having adsorbed thereon at least one compound selected from a cyclic imino compound represented by formula (I) described below and a mercapto compound represented by formula (II) described below, (4) a reducing agent, and (5) a binder.Formula (I) is represented by ##STR1## wherein Z represents a non-metallic atomic group forming a heterocyclic ring containing an imino group together with the nitrogen atom of formula (I).Formula (II) is represented byR--S--M (II)wherein M represents a hydrogen atom or an alkali metal atom; and R represents a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group.

Abstract: A heat-developable photographic material having improved preservability, which comprises a support having thereon at least one heat-developable photographic layer, said photographic material containing a dye represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein n and m each represents 0, 1, 2 or 3;p and q each represents 0 or 1;L represents a methine group or a substituted methine group;R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are same or different and each represents an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl group;R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a hydroxyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted amino group or a halogen atom; or said R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 form a condensed 6-membered ring;Z and Z' are same or different and each represents a non-metallic atomic group necessary for forming a substituted or unsubstituted 5-membered or 6-membered ring, or substituted or unsubstituted 5-membered or 6-membered ring which is condensed with another ring;X.sup..crclbar.

Abstract: A heat-developable color light-sensitive material is provided comprising on a support at least a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion, a binder, a compound capable of producing or releasing a mobile dye in direct or inverse proportion to the reaction of the light-sensitive silver halide being reduced into silver at elevated temperatures, and a dye having the general formula: ##STR1## wherein each of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or alkenyl group,R.sup.3 is a hydrogen atom, or substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkoxy, aryl or alkenyl group,each of X.sup.1, X.sup.2, X.sup.3, and X.sup.4 is a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, hydroxyl, carboxyl, or substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkoxy, alkoxycarbonyl, acyl, acyloxyl, aryl, amino, or acylamino group,X.sup.1 and X.sup.2, and X.sup.3 and X.sup.4 can be mutually combined to form a benzene ring,A.sup.- is an anion, andn is equal to 0 or 1.

Abstract: A photothermographic construction comprises a light-sensitive color-forming element on a support base, the element comprising a silver source, optionally silver halide, a binder, and an oxidizable leuco phenazine, phenoxazine, or phenothiazine dye, and as development accelerator a carboxylic acid, Lewis acid, or Bronsted acid.

Abstract: A heat-developable photographic material having improved preservability, which comprises a support having thereon at least one heat-developable photgraphic layer, said photographic material containing a dye represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.3 each represents an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl group or alkenyl group;R.sub.2 represents a hydrogen atom or an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl group, aryl group, alkenyl group, or aromatic heterocyclic group;R.sub.4 through R.sub.7 each represents a hydrogen atom or an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl group, aryl group, or alkenyl group; or R.sub.4 and R.sub.6 together form an unsubstituted or substituted alkylene group or alkenylene group;X.sub.1 represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, or the group ##STR2## wherein R.sub.8 represents a hydrogen atom, an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl group, aryl group, or alkenyl group;Y.sub.

Abstract: A direct positive silver halide photographic emulsion which is able to provide a high maximum density and a low minimum density, and having a high developing progress. The emulsion contains at least one of the sensitizing dyes represented by following general formulate I, II, III, and IV and at least one of the compounds represented by general formulae V and VI; ##STR1## The substituents are defined in the specification.

Abstract: A heat developable color photographic material is disclosed. The color photographic material is comprised of a support having thereon a light-sensitive mixed crystal silver haloiodide having a silver iodide content of 4 to 40 mole %, a binder and a dye-providing substance capable of providing a mobile dye, when the silver haloiodide is reduced to silver by heating, in chemical relation to the reaction. The color photographic material is capable of producing an image by quick development in a substantially water free state. Even when the color photographic material is used in combination with an organic silver salt it is capable of providing excellent color sensitivity.

Abstract: A heat developable light-sensitive material is described, comprising a dye represented by formula (I) or (II) as described in claim 1.

Abstract: Photographic materials which comprise, on a base, at least one layer containing an azo dyestuff of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 is hydrogen, an alkylsulfone, halogen, cyano or nitro, R.sub.2 is hydrogen, halogen, cyano or nitro, R.sub.3 is hydrogen, alkyl, halogen, cyano or nitro, B.sub.1 is an aromatic ring system, K.sub.1 is an aromatic amine and m.sub.1 is 1 or 2.

Abstract: A direct positive silver halide photographic emulsion which is able to provide a high maximum density and a low minimum density and having a high developing progress. The emulsion contains at least one of the sensitizing dyes represented by following general formula I and at least one of the compounds represented by general formula II:Formula I: ##STR1## Formula II: ##STR2## The substituents are defined in the specification.

Abstract: Mesoionic 1,2,4-triazolium-3-thiolate silver halide stabilizer precursors are novel compounds useful in a heat developable and heat stabilizable photographic silver halide materials and processes. After imagewise exposure of the photographic material, a developed and stabilized silver image is produced by heating the element. Mesoionic stabilizer precursors are also useful in photographic silver halide processing compositions.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material which contains at least one compound represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4, which may be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom or an aliphatic group; R.sup.5 represents an aliphatic group or an aromatic group, R.sup.6 and R.sup.7, which may be the same or different, each represents a cyano group, a --COR.sup.8 group, a --COOR.sup.8 group or a --SO.sub.2 R.sup.9 group; and R.sup.8 represents an aliphatic group and R.sup.9 represents an aliphatic group or an aromatic group. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material has improved color reproduction which is not affected by differences in the ultraviolet light absorption characteristics of the camera lens.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel compounds useful in photographic products and processes comprising triarylmethane dyes possessing in their triaryl structure a 4'-oxo-1'-naphthylidene (or a 4'-oxo-1'-phenylidene) moiety and a phenyl moiety substituted in the ortho-position to the central carbon atom with the group ##STR1## wherein R is an alkyl group or a phenyl group, unsubstituted or substituted with a solubilizing group and Y is an electron-withdrawing group.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel 3,3-disubstituted-sulfam(na)phthaleins wherein one of the 3-substituents is derived from a 1-naphthol or a phenol substituted in the 2-position with a perhalomethylcarbinol group and wherein the N atom of the sulfam(na)phthalein ring is substituted with ##STR1## wherein R is alkyl or aryl or with ##STR2## wherein Y is hydrogen or an electron-withdrawing group, which compounds find utility, e.g., as pH-sensitive indicator dyes or as photographic light-screening dyes.

Abstract: A direct positive light-sensitive silver halide photographic material comprising a support having thereon a layer containing a compound represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents an aliphatic residue or an aromatic residue; R.sub.2 represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic residue, or an aromatic residue; X.sub.1 and X.sub.2, which may be the same or different, each represents a divalent aromatic residue; and Y represents --R--, --O--R or --S--R-- wherein R represents a divalent aliphatic residue and the O or S is bonded to X.sub.1. The compound is particularly effective in combination with a diffusible dye releasing dye image providing compound having an o-hydroxyarylsulfamoyl group.

Abstract: Photosensitivity of a blue-sensitive emulsion in a multi-color diffusion transfer photographic system is enhanced by sensitizing the emulsion with certain 3,3'-disubstituted 4,5-benzothia-thiacyanine betaines.

Abstract: This invention is concerned with the use of certain pyridine N-oxides in diffusion transfer products and processes employing dye developers.

Abstract: Photographic elements, processes for forming images in photographic elements and new compounds are disclosed. Generally, the invention relates to immobile compounds which can be used to provide positive images from negative recording-developing photographic materials such as negative silver halide emulsions. The compounds contain a photographically useful group such as a dye or dye precursor and are capable of releasing said photographically useful group under alkaline conditions, and are also capable of reaction with an oxidized silver halide developing agent before substantial release of said photographically useful group occurs, to provide a reaction product having a substantially lower rate of release of said photograhically useful group.

Abstract: A planographic printing plate material comprising a support and a light sensitive layer provided on the support, the light-sensitive layer being composed of (A) an inorganic material; (B) at least one metal and/or metal compound [(A)/(B) are capable of reacting with each other upon application of electromagnetic radiation] and (C) an organic compound capable of affecting the reaction between the inorganic material (A) and the metal and/or metal compound (B), wherein the inorganic material (A), the metal or metal compound (B), and the organic compound (C) are in contact with each other. When the light-sensitive layer is exposed to electromagnetic radiation, a difference in the hydrophilic or oleophilic nature of the exposed areas and the unexposed areas results, whereby a planographic printing plate is obtained which can be mounted on a printing machine and printed without any other treatments.