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 include a mercaptotetrazole and a tetraazaindene.

Abstract: The invention relates to a solution for forming silver halide emulsions comprising water, a gelatin containing less than 30 micromoles of methionine per gram of gelatin, and at least one antifoamant selected from the group consisting ofRCO.sub.2 (CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.x OCR (I)whereinRC and CR represent the carbon chain in carboxylic acids with chain lengths of predominantly 12-18 carbon atoms,x has a mean value of 4 to 5 from a mixture with a distribution of values between 2 and 7, and (H.sub.3 CSi) ?(OSi (CH.sub.3).sub.2).sub.d O-- (CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O--).sub.n C.sub.4 H.sub.9 !.sub.3 (II)wherein the molecular weight is 2500 to 3500 and d and n have average values of less than 15.

Abstract: An improved spectrally sensitized ultrathin tabular grain emulsion is disclosed in which tabular grains (a) having {111} major faces, (b) containing greater than 70 mole percent bromide, based on silver, (c) accounting for greater than 90 percent of total grain projected area, (d) exhibiting an average equivalent circular diameter of at least 0.7 .mu.m, (e) exhibiting an average thickness of less than 0.07 .mu.m, and (f) having latent image forming chemical sensitization sites on the surfaces of the tabular grains, are spectrally sensitized and improved by employing dump iodide host tabular grains and, in forming the surface chemical sensitization sites, at least one silver salt epitaxially located on the tabular grains.