Abstract: This invention relates to a photographic recording material comprising a support and a photosensitive chemically sensitized silver halide emulsion layer, containing a sensitizing dye selected from the group consisting of oxonal dyes, merocyanine dyes, and cyanine dyes having a net negative charge, and which has a pH value between about 2 to about 5 and a pAg value between about 1 to about 4.7.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material is disclosed, comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein said emulsion layer contains a heavy metal selected from Ir, Ru, Rh, Re and Cr in an amount of at least 1.times.10.sup.-5 mol per mol of silver halide and (1) silver halide grains having a silver chloride content of 95 mol % or more, said grains being formed under acidic conditions and then subjected to gold-sulfur sensitization, (2) a silver halide having a silver chloride content of 95 mol % or more and then subjected to Se or Te sensitization or (3) silver halide grains having a silver chloride content of 95 mol % or more and conatianing at least one iron compound, and at least one of said emulsion layer and other hydrophilic colloid layers contains at least one hydrazine derivative and at least one nucleation accelerator. Also, disclosed is a method for producing the above-described silver halide photographic material.

Abstract: A method of making a thermally processable imaging element which comprises:i) forming a solution of poly(vinyl alcohol) in water;ii) adding matte particles to the resulting aqueous medium;iii) adding a compound of the formula I or formula II to the aqueous medium in an amount sufficient to inhibit agglomeration of the matte particles: ##STR1## wherein: the substituents are as described in the specification; iv) coating an image recording layer onto one side of a support;v) coating the aqueous medium containing the matte particles as an overcoat layer over the image recording layer or as backing layer on the side of the support opposite the image recording layer.

Abstract: There is disclosed a silver halide photographic emulsion, which comprises silver halide tabular grains that have {100} planes as principal planes and have the following features, the emulsion being subjected to chemical sensitization: (a) 50% or more of the projected areas of the tabular grains is attributed to tabular grains having an aspect ratio of 2 or more, (b) each of the tabular grains has a mixed crystal region containing, in addition to main halide ions, different halide ions in an amount of 0.01 mol % or more, but 25 mol % or less, in the nucleus part and/or in part of the growth part or in the whole of the grown part, and (c) when the principal planes of the tabular grains are observed using a transmission-type electron microscope, one or more, but ten or less, dislocation lines are observed on the principal planes of each grain of 50% or more of the tabular grains.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a silver halide photographic emulsion comprising a nucleation step, a growing step and a washing step, wherein a reduction sensitization is performed between said growing step and said washing step in the presence of a sulfuring agent and a stabilizer. According to a preferred embodiment a fine grain silver halide emulsion is added either between the addition of stabilizer and the addition of sulfuring agent or between the addition of sulfuring agent and the start of reduction sensitization or both.

Abstract: A photothermographic material comprising a photosensitive silver halide, an organic silver salt, a reducing agent, and an ultrahigh contrast promoting agent, typically a hydrazine derivative. In one embodiment, a compound having a group for promoting adsorption to the silver halide is contained for suppressing occurrence of pepper fog. In another embodiment, a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic mercapto compound having at least two nitrogen atoms or a tetraazaindene compound is contained for suppressing a change of photographic properties, typically image enlargement with a variation of developing conditions. In either case, the photothermographic material can form super-high contrast images of quality.

Abstract: A silver halide light sensitive photographic material is disclosed, comprising a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer containing silver halide grains, wherein at least 50% of the total projected area of silver halide grains contained in the silver halide emulsion layer is accounted for by tabular silver halide grains having an aspect ratio of 2 to 15, (100) major faces with an edge ratio of 1 to 2, and a silver chloride content of 50 mol % or more; and the emulsion layer further containing a leuco compound capable of forming a blue dye upon reaction with an oxidation product of a developing agent.

Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic emulsion comprising silver iodochloride grains, said grains further comprising iridium, said grains chemically sensitized with gold in an amount of between 120 and 200 mg gold per silver mole and sulfur in an amount between 0.1 and 20 mg sulfur per silver mole, 1-(3-acetamidophenyl)-5-mercaptotetrazole, 1-phenyl-5-mercaptotetrazole, and a disulfide compound represented by the following formula: ##STR1## wherein X is independently --O--, --NH-- or --NR--, where R is a substituent;m and r are independently 0, 1 or 2;X is --H or a cationic species;Ar is an aromatic group; andL is a linking group, where p is 0 or 1.

Abstract: A radiographic element is disclosed containing in a high bromide tabular grain emulsion layer a 5-mercaptotetrazole to increase covering power. The 5-mercaptotetrazole is additionally capable of increasing imaging speed and producing colder image tones when provided with a phenyl substituent in the 1 ring position, which phenyl substituent is in turn substituted in its para position with a substituent satisfying the formula R(OCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2).sub.n O-- wherein n is an integer of from zero to 5; when n is 1 to 5, R is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl; and, when n is zero, R is methyl.

Abstract: A direct X-ray dental film is disclosed that, following imagewise exposure, can be removed from its opaque package and processed in room light. The film is comprised of emulsion and protective layers that contain dye particles which can be decolorized during processing. The dye particles provide an average density of greater than 3.0 over a spectral range of above 320 nm over which the silver halide exhibits an absorption coefficient of at least 0.5 cm.sup.-1. For additional protection the emulsion layers contain desensitizer adsorbed to the silver halide grains to reduce their sensitivity to light without significantly reducing their sensitivity to X-radiation.

Abstract: The present invention provides an emulsion of high silver chloride content tabular silver halide grains with {100} planes as main planes having an excellent color sensitizability, gradation and preservability which can be quickly processed and a photographic light-sensitive material comprising such an emulsion. A novel silver halide emulsion is provided, comprising tabular silver halide grains having {100} planes as two main parallel planes, an aspect ratio of from not less than 2 to not more than 15, a silver chloride content of not less than 60 mol % and a silver salt present on the surface thereof more difficultly-soluble than silver chloride, in a proportion of not less than 50% of all the silver halide grains contained therein as calculated in terms of projected area.

Abstract: There is disclosed a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material having at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a support, wherein the silver halide grains in at least one of the emulsion layers are subjected to reduction sensitization, and at least one of the emulsion layers contains at least one compound represented by general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R represents a sulfonylalkenyl group; L.sub.1 and L.sub.2 each represent a methine group; p.sub.1 is 0 or 1; Z.sub.1 represents a group of atoms required to form a 5- or 6-membered nitrogen-containing heterocycle; M.sub.1 represents a counter ion for balance of a charge; m.sub.1 is a number of from 0 to 10 required to neutralize a charge of the molecule; and Q represents a methine or polymethine group substituted with a heterocyclic or aromatic group. The material has high sensitivity, low fog, and excellent storage stability.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material is disclosed, comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein at least 30 mol % of silver halide grains contained in the emulsion of the emulsion layer are silver chloride, the emulsion contains not more than 1.times.10.sup.-6 mol per mol of silver of a rhodium compound and/or not more than 1.times.10.sup.-5 mol per mol of silver of an iridium compound, and the silver halide grains have been selenium-sensitized. There is also disclosed a method for processing the silver halide photographic material.

Abstract: This invention relates to a silver halide photographic element comprising a support and a silver halide emulsion layer, the emulsion layer comprising a Au(I) compound having the formula wherein Z is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, or heterocyclic group; and R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are independently substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, or heterocyclic groups, or one or both of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 or R.sub.3 and R.sub.4, may independently combine to form a nitrogen containing ring with the nitrogen to which they are attached.

Abstract: Direct X-ray films are disclosed capable of being handled in room light prior to and during processing. The films contain silver halide grains responsive to X-radiation that are sulfur sensitized. The films also contain a combination of processing solution bleachable dyes chosen to provide prior to processing (a) an average density of greater than 3.0 over a first, continuous spectral sensitivity range extending from a minimum wavlength of 320 nm over which the silver halide grains exhibit an absorption coefficient of at least 0.5 cm.sup.-1 and (b) a density of greater than 3.0 throughout a second spectral range including wavelengths of from 600 to 650 nm.

Abstract: A black-and-white, negative-acting, silver halide emulsion is described which gives improved image tone when used in a photographic element. The toning agents are based on dithio-substituted compounds having the following general structures: ##STR1## where R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, independently, are selected from the group consisting of alkyl, aryl and heterocyclic groups, or R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 together complete a ring;n and m are integers from 1 to 5; Y is a hydrogen; R.sub.3 is a hydrogen or alkyl group;and X is selected from the group consisting of O, S, N--OH and N--N(R).sub.2, where R is a hydrogen or alkyl group.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic element comprising a silver halide emulsion which is greater than 50 mole % silver chloride, said emulsion being in reactive association with a dithiolone 1-oxide compound represented by the following formula: ##STR1## wherein b is C(O), C(S), C(Se), CH.sub.2 or (CH.sub.2).sub.2, and R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently H, or aliphatic, aromatic or heterocyclic groups, alkoxy groups, hydroxy groups, halogen atoms, aryloxy groups, alkylthio groups, arylthio groups, acyl groups, sulfonyl groups, acyloxy groups, carboxyl groups, cyano groups, sulfo groups, or amino groups, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together represent the atoms necessary to form a five or six-membered ring or a multiple ring system; and a sulfinate compound.

Abstract: This invention relates to a silver halide photographic element comprising a support and a silver halide emulsion layer, the emulsion layer comprising a Au(I) compound having the formula ##STR1## wherein Z is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, or heterocyclic group; and R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are independently substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, or heterocyclic groups, or one or both of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 or R.sub.3 and R.sub.4, may independently combine to form a nitrogen containing ring with the nitrogen to which they are attached.

Abstract: A photographic element comprising a support having situated thereon a silver halide emulsion layer, said emulsion layer comprising a compound of the formula:Z--S--Au(I)--S--Q (I)whereinZ represents an alkyl, aryl, or heterocyclic group; andQ represents a heterocyclic group wherein S and Q together represent a mesoionic group.

Abstract: A photosensitive element which comprises a support, at least one silver halide emulsion layer and at least a non-light sensitive hydrophilic colloidal layer, wherein the silver halide emulsion layer comprises a selenium compound represented by formula (1): ##STR1## wherein: Q represents R.sup.1 SO.sub.2 or R.sup.2 R.sup.3 P=X;each of R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 the same or different represents OR.sup.4, NR.sup.5 R.sup.6, SR.sup.7, SeR.sup.8 an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heteroaryl group;X represents O, S or Se;each of R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 the same or different represents hydrogen, an alkyl group, an aryl group or a heteroaryl group, or R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 together represents the atoms necessary to form a N-containing ring.The invention also provides a method for the preparation of a photosensitive element as disclosed hereinbefore comprising the step of chemically sensitizing at least one of the silver halide emulsions by means of a selenium compound as defined.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a heat developable silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon photographic constituent layers which comprise at least one photographic light-sensitive layer comprising a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion, a developing agent, a compound capable of forming a dye by a coupling reaction with the oxidation product of the developing agent, and a binder, wherein at least one photographic constituent layer contains at least one of the compounds expressed by the formula (I), (II), (III), or (IV) below, and wherein at least 50% of the total projected area of silver halide grains contained in the light-sensitive silver halide emulsion is taken up by tabular silver halide grains at least 50% of which are composed of silver chloride.

Abstract: A photographic silver halide material in which the silver halide emulsion layer of at least one silver halide emulsion layer is stabilized with a compound of the formula (I):Ar--Se--X (I)in whichAr means a carbocyclic or heterocyclic aromatic group which has an electron-attracting grouping in o-position relative to the Se andX means a further substituted heteroatom,exhibits a smaller reduction in sensitivity, in particular under tropical conditions of storage.

Abstract: Chemical sensitization of silver halide photothermographic emulsions used in photothermographic elements, can be effected by the decomposition of sulfur containing compounds on or around the surface of the silver halide grains, usually under oxidizing conditions at elevated temperatures. Alignment of the sulfur containing compounds on the surface of the grains, can be accomplished with spectral sensitizing dyes and appears to be particularly effective in providing strong chemical sensitization effects.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material is described, which comprises a compound represented by the following formula (I) or (II):A.paren open-st.(L).sub.m --B).sub.n (I)(A--(L).sub.m .paren close-st..sub.n B (II)wherein A represents an adsorption accelerating group to silver halide or a precursor thereof; B represents a quaternised nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring and a counter ion thereof; L represents a linking group; m represents 0 or 1; and n represents an integer of from 1 to 4. An image formation method is also described, which comprises the steps of exposing the above-described silver halide photographic material and developing the exposed material with a specific developer.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic light sensitive material is disclosed, comprising a support having on the support a silver halide emulsion layer comprising silver halide grains, wherein at least 50% of the total grain projected area is accounted for by tabular grains having an aspect ratio of 2 or more, at least one of subbing layers provided on both sides of the support comprising colloidal tin oxide sol.

Abstract: A photosensitive silver halide emulsion which is ripened with at least one compound of the formula (I)R.sub.1 --X--R.sub.2 (I)in whichR.sub.1 and R.sub.2 mutually independently mean groups which are linked to X via an element from periods 3 to 6 of main group 4 or 5 or via an element from sub-groups 4 to 8 of the periodic system of elements, wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may be attached together via a linking member and wherein the bonds R.sub.1 --X and R.sub.2 --X may mutually independently be single or double bonds, andX means Se or Te,is distinguished by elevated sensitivity, low grain and low fog.

Abstract: An image formation method, which comprises the steps of imagewise exposing a silver halide photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one layer of a silver halide emulsion chemically sensitized with at least one selenium or tellurium compound, and then subjecting the material to development-processing with a developer containing substantially no dihydroxybenzene developing agent but containing a developing agent represented by the following formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic emulsion is disclosed, which is chemically sensitized with a compound having an adsorptive group onto silver halide and a labile sulfur moiety, and further a silver halide photographic material using the same emulsion is disclosed.

Abstract: A process of preparing a photothermographic composition of enhanced photosensitivity is disclosed comprised of (a) precipitating light-sensitive silver halide grains in the presence of a non-aqueous polymeric peptizer and (b) then combining the silver halide grains with an oxidation-reduction image-forming combination comprised of an organic silver compound and a reducing agent for the silver organic compound. Light-sensitivity of the silver halide grains is enhanced by, prior to step (b), sensitizing the silver halide grains with a gold sensitizer dissolved in an aqueous medium.

Abstract: A tabular silver halide emulsion having a Cl content of 10% or more, which has high covering power, high sensitivity and low fogging property, prepared by adding fine silver halide grains in an amount corresponding to 20% or more of the total silver amount under the condition of pH 5.5 or more and/or pCl 1.6 or more during the course of growth of crystals after nucleation to allow the crystals to grow, and a photographic material using the same, and further a method for developing the photographic material and an image-forming method.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein: the silver halide emulsion layer comprises a silver halide comprising silver chloride or silver chlorobromide having a silver chloride content of not less than 95 mol %; the silver halide emulsion comprises at least one transition metal selected from the group consisting of elements belonging to the groups V to VIII of the periodic table, which has one nitrosyl, thionitrosyl or aquo ligand per molecule; and the silver halide is chemically sensitized with a selenium compound selected from compounds represented by one of formulae SE-1 to SE-8 disclosed in the specification.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic laight-sensitive material is disclosed. The light-sensitive material comprises a support and a silver halide emulsion layer and a non-light-sensitive hydrophilic colloid layer provided on the support, wherein at least one of the silver halide emulsion layer and the non-light-sensitive hydrophilic colloid layer contains a compound represented by the following Formula 1, and the silver halide emulsion layer contains tabular silver halide grains having an average aspect ratio of not less than 2.0 account for at least 50 % of total grain projected area of the emulsion, and the tabular grains have an average silver iodide content is not more than 1 mole-%;Formula 1R.sub.11 --(S).sub.n --R.sub.12wherein R.sub.11 and R.sub.12 are each independently represent an aliphatic group, an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group, the groups represented by R.sub.11 and R.sub.12 may be the same or different and they may be bonded with together to form a ring; and n is an integer of from 2 to 6.

Abstract: A silver halide emulsion of average grain size 0.2 .mu.m or less comprising silver halide grains having a core and an outer shell, the core comprising at least 85 mol % of the total silver halide content of the grain and at least 50 mol % of the silver halide in the core being silver bromide, and the outer shell comprising silver halide of which greater than 50 mol % is silver chloride; the emulsion either containing no rhodium dopant, or containing rhodium dopant such that the concentration of said dopant is at least as great in the core as in the shell.

Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic element comprising at least two photographic emulsions wherein the grains of said at least two emulsions are the same and wherein at least one of said at least two emulsions is treated with a speed decreasing compound.

Abstract: A photothermographic composition of enhanced photosensitivity is disclosed prepared by a process of (a) precipitating light-sensitive silver halide grains in the presence of a non-aqueous polymeric peptizer and (b) then combining the silver halide grains with a non-aqueous polymeric vehicle containing an oxidation-reduction image-forming combination comprised of an organic silver compound and a reducing agent for the organic silver compound. Light-sensitivity of the silver halide grains is enhanced by, prior to step (b), sensitizing the silver halide grains with a 1,1,3,3-tetra-substituted thiourea or selenourea having an acid dissociation constant of less than 7.0, the thiourea or selenourea being dissolved in an aqueous medium.

Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic element comprising at least two photographic emulsions wherein the grains of said at least two emulsions are the same and wherein at least one of said at least two emulsions is treated with a speed decreasing compound of Formula I:Z.sup.1 --X.sup.1 O.sub.2 S--M.sup.1 (I)and a compound of Formula II:Z.sup.2 --X.sup.2 O.sub.x --M.sup.2 (II)wherein X.sup.1 is sulfur and X.sup.2 is selected from the group consisting of sulfur and selenium, M.sup.1 and M.sup.2 are independently selected from group consisting of a metal ion and ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and an alkyl of 1-3 carbon atoms, and Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The light-sensitive material comprises a support, and a silver halide emulsion layer and optionally a hydrophilic colloid layer provided on the support, in which the silver halide layer comprises a silver halide emulsion chemically sensitized in the presence of fine particles of a water-insoluble sulfur sensitizer which are added to the silver halide emulsion in a form of dispersion of solid particles.

Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic emulsion comprising silver iodochloride grains, said grains further comprising osmium and ruthenium, said grains chemically sensitized with gold in an amount of between 0.1 and 120 mg gold per silver mole and sulfur in an amount between 0.1 and 20 mg sulfur per silver mole and a disulfide compound represented by the following formula: ##STR1## wherein X is independently --O--, --NH-- or --NR--, where R is a substituent;m and r are independently 0, 1 or 2;M is --H or a cationic species;Ar is an aromatic group; andL is a linking group, where p is 0 or 1.

Abstract: The present invention provides a processing method which allows a silver halide color photographic material to be sufficiently desilvered and minimizes the rise in the formation of bleaching fog or stain even when it is processed in a short period of time. A novel process for the processing of a silver halide color photographic material comprising at least silver halide emulsion layer on a support which comprises subjecting the silver halide color photographic material to color development, and then processing the silver halide color photographic material with a processing solution having a bleaching capacity is provided, characterized in that said emulsion layer comprises tabular silver halide grains having ?100! major faces and a silver chloride content of 50 to 100 mol % and said processing solution having a bleaching capacity contains at least one ferric complex salt of a compound represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.

Abstract: The invention is generally accomplished by a method of sensitizing comprising providing tabular silver bromoiodide grains or bromoiodide grains doped with Se and Iridium bringing said grains into contact with a benzothiazolium salt or hydrolyzed benzothiazolium salt comprising ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen, alkyl of from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or aryl of from 6 to 10 carbon atoms,R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are independently hydrogen or halogen atoms, aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon moieties optionally linked through a divalent oxygen or sulfur atom; or cyano, amino, amido, sulfonamido, sulfamoyl, ureido, thioureido, hydroxy, --C(O)M, or --S(0).sub.2 M groups, wherein M is chosen to complete an aldehyde, ketone, acid, ester, thioester, amide, or salt;Y.sub.1 is a charge balancing counter ion; andQ is a substituent of the formula:--LCONHS0.sub.2 R, --LCONHS0.sub.2 NHCOR alkyl, sulfoalkyl, phosphoalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, or L--CONH.sub.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The light-sensitive material comprises comprising a support, having thereon, a silver halide emulsion layer and optionally a hydrophilic colloid layer, in which the silver halide emulsion layer comprises silver halide grains sensitized by a selenium compound or a tellurium compound, and a polysulfide compound, and at least one of the silver halide emulsion layer and the hydrophilic colloid layer contains a tabular particle of a silicate compound.

Abstract: A dual-coated radiographic element is disclosed comprised of a blue tinted film support having coated on each of its faces a spectrally sensitized high bromide tabular grain emulsion. The properties of a maximum density of at least 3.0, an average contrast of at least 2.7, and a b* value more negative than -5.0 at a silver coating coverage on each major surface of the support of less than 12 mg/dm.sup.2, are imparted by (1) the support having a neutral density of at least 0.18, (2) tabular grains accounting for at least 90 percent of total grain projected area having a mean thickness of 0.2 micrometer or less and a coefficient of variation of equivalent circular diameter less than 20 percent, (3) a covering power enhancing compound containing at least one divalent sulfur atom adsorbed to surfaces of the silver halide grains, (4) a water soluble polymer chosen from the class consisting of polyacrylamide and dextran, in a weight ratio of the polymer to the gelatino-vehicle of at least 0.

Abstract: A silver halide black and white photographic light sensitive material comprising a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer containing {100} tabular silver halide grains, which have an average silver chloride content of 50 mol % or more and have been selenium-sensitized in the presence of a purine compound; said silver halide grains further containing silver iodide and a variation coefficient of a silver iodide content of the grains being 30% or less.

Abstract: This invention relates to a silver halide color photographic element comprising a support, a silver halide emulsion and poly(thioether)s wherein greater than 50 percent of the poly(thioether)s have acidic functional end groups with an aqueous pKa.ltoreq.10, or end groups which will react to form acidic functional end groups with an aqueous pKa.ltoreq.10 during development, on both termini and wherein the poly(thioether)s have a molecular weight greater than 800.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material for industrial radiography is disclosed comprising a film support and on one or both sides thereof at least one gelatino silver halide emulsion layer wherein each silver halide emulsion layer comprises as silver halide crystals silver chloride and/or silver chlorobromide crystals the amount of bromide therein being at most 25 mole %; has a gelatin to silver halide (expressed as silver nitrate) ratio from 2:10 to 6:10 and has an amount of silver halide corresponding to from 5 g to 15 g of silver per m.sup.2 and wherein said photographic material has been fore-hardened to such an extent that when it is immersed in demineralized water of 25.degree. C. for 3 minutes there is absorbed less than 2.5 g of water per gram of gelatin, characterized in that said silver chloride or silver chlorobromide emulsion crystals are chemically ripened in the presence of at least one sulphur compound and at least one gold compound, wherein gold is present in an amount from 0.01 to 1 .mu.

Abstract: Silver halide recording material for the production of negative images with ultrahigh contrast.Known silver halide recording materials for the production of negative images with ultrahigh contrast contain hydrazine compounds and contrast-increasing compounds (so-called boosters). A material with a new class of such boosters is being presented here, whereby they contain a sulfonyl urea, sulfonyl urethane or sulfuryl diamide group as well as a tertiary amino group in the molecule. The invention also comprises a process for the production of black-and-white negative images with ultrahigh contrast using the material according to the invention. It is especially useful for reproduction in the pre-press stage.

Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic element for digital exposure comprising at least one layer comprising an emulsion of cubic silver iodochloride grain wherein said grain has been sensitized with a gold compound and with less than 1 .mu.mole per silver mole of sulfur.

Abstract: A method of reduction sensitization to provide a low-fog and high-speed silver halide emulsion having satisfactory preservability and a silver halide photographic material containing a silver halide emulsion having been reduction sensitized by the method are disclosed, the reduction sensitization being carried out using a compound having a group which is capable of being adsorbed onto a silver halide and a reducing group or a precursor of that compound during silver halide grain formation or after completion of grain formation.

Abstract: The invention relates to an emulsion comprising silver halide grains, said grains being tabular and comprising sensitizing dye(s) and silver salt epitaxial deposits, and addenda that includea tetraazaindene and a hexose reductone represented by Formula I: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are the same or different, and may represent H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, or an alkyl group with a solubilizing group such as --OH, sulfonamide, sulfamoyl, or carbamoyl. Alternatively, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may be joined to complete a heterocyclic ring such as aziridinyl, azetidinyl, pyrrolidinyl, piperidinyl, morpholinyl, piperazinyl, or pyridinyl, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are H, OH, alkyl, aryl, cycloalkyl, or may together represent an alkylidene group, n is 0,1, or 2 and R.sub.3 is H, alkyl, aryl, or CO.sub.2 R.sub.6 where R.sub.6 is alkyl.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing silver halide grains, wherein the silver halide grains has been gold and chalcogen sensitized, and the partition rate of the gold in the silver halide grain side is not less than 10% and less than 40%, and a method for producing the silver halide photographic material.