Abstract: A system for industrial radiography is disclosed comprised of (1) an industrial radiographic element comprised of a support covered on each of its major faces with a tabular grain emulsion layer in which at least 50 percent of total grain projected area is accounted for by silver bromide tabular grains having an average aspect ratio of at least 2 and a volume greater than 0.03 .mu.m.sup.3 and (2) disposed on opposite sides of the radiographic element, two intensifying screens designed to emit electrons when exposed to X or gamma rays with an energy greater than or equal to 10 kV. A speed improvement is realized upon exposure and processing.

Abstract: A photosensitive emulsion is disclosed comprised of a dispersing medium and silver halide grains containing at least 80 mole percent bromide, based on silver, wherein at least 50% of the projected area of said silver halide grains is accounted for by tabular grains free of twin planes having {100} parallel major faces, said emulsion being chemically sensitized and having a reciprocity failure of less than 35 sensitivity units between exposures of respectively 10.sup.-5 seconds and 100 seconds. The emulsion can be employed as a latent image forming emulsion in a photographic element.The emulsion can be prepared by a process preparing a silver bromide photosensitive emulsion, comprising the following essential steps: (a) a nucleation step whereby a fine-grain emulsion with a pAg of between 4 and 6.