Abstract: A light-sensitive silver halide photographic element comprising a support and at least one hydrophilic colloid layer comprising a binder and a vinylsulfonyl type hardener coated thereon, wherein at least one of said hydrophilic colloid layers is a silver halide emulsion layer containing tabular silver halide grains having an average diameter:thickness ratio of at least 3:1, characterized in that said tabular silver halide grains are chemically sensitized by at least one gold sensitizer and at least one thiosulfonate sensitizer in the presence of a palladium compound added during chemical sensitization. The silver halide photographic elements of the present invention can be advantageously developed in hardener free developer and used in high temperature rapid processing in automatic processors which include transporting rollers, have good photographic and physical characteristics and are free from surface defects.

Abstract: Light-sensitive silver halide photographic elements are disclosed comprising a support and silver halide emulsion layer or layers, wherein at least one of said silver halide emulsion layers contains tabular silver halide grains having an average diameter:thickness ratio of at least 3:1 and highly deionized gelatin and wherein said photographic elements show a swelling index lower than 140% and a melting time of from 45 to 120 minutes.The light-sensitive materials can be advantageously developed in hardener free developer and used in high temperature super rapid processing in automatic processors which include transporting rollers and have good physical and photographic characteristics.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material having at least one silver halide light-sensitive emulsion layer on at least one side of a support, wherein said silver halide emulsion layer comprises tabular silver halide grains having a grain thickness of 0.3 .mu.m or less and accounting for at least 50% of the total projected area, wherein a blue pigment having a maximum absorption wave length of from 570 to 630 nm is present in said silver halide emulsion layer and/or in another hydrophilic layer of the photographic material.

Abstract: A silver halide emulsion for use in a radiographic element,--comprising at least one silver halide emulsion layer coated on one side or on both sides of a transparent support--, characterized by the fact that it contains silver halide cubic grains having J-band spectral sensitizing dyes adsorbed on the surface thereof in a quantity substantially higher than that amount which substantially optimally sensitizes said grains, exhibits a reduced residual stain and an improved image quality.

Abstract: A light-sensitive silver halide element for radiographic use with intensifying screens has coated on at least one side of a transparent base at least a spectrally sensitized silver halide emulsion layer and, coated between the base and a silver halide emulsion layer, a hydrophilic colloid layer containing a water-soluble acid dye capable of being decolorized during the photographic processing, said dye having its absorption in a region of the electromagnetic spectrum corresponding to the spectral sensitivity of the silver halide emulsion, associated with a basic polymeric mordant which comprises repeating units of formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen or a methyl group, A is a --COO-- or --COO--alkylene group, R.sub.2 is hydrogen or a lower alkyl group and X is an anion.The invention allows the use of low coverage weights of silver halide light-sensitive elements and provides x-ray images with a favorable image quality and sensitivity ratio.

Abstract: Photographic elements, comprising a support, at least a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and an external non light-sensitive gelatin protective layer, have the surface delustered by the presence in the external protective layer of water-soluble vinyl polymers which contain, as pendant groups, methylolamide moieties.Preferably said water-soluble vinyl polymers are polymethylolacrylamide and copolymers of methylolacrylamide and other unsaturated vinyl monomers, such as ethylacrylate, acrylamide, acrylic acid, ethylvinylether and butylvinylether, said copolymers containing at least 50% by weight of unities derived from the vinyl monomer containing the methylolamide moiety.

Abstract: Object of the invention are photographic emulsions including silver halide grains dispersed in gelatin and at least a methine dye spectral sensitizer associated with said grains, including in association therewith a supersensitizing or stabilizing amount of a polymeric compound having an aminoallylidenmalononitrile moiety. The invention further relates to photographic elements, in particular radiographic elements, comprising said emulsions. According to the invention, said polymeric compound is obtained upon copolymerization of an allyl monomer, comprising said aminoallylidenmalononitrile moiety, with an ethylenically unsaturated monomer.