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Thermally responsive cobalt(III) complex imaging compositions having lowered activation temperatures

US4294912A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 17, 1980
Grant dateOct 13, 1981
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Expiry dateJul 17, 2000

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S430/137
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A dye-forming or imaging composition, element and method are disclosed, wherein a cobalt(III) complex containing releasable ligands is converted to cobalt(II) and the ligands by heating in the presence of a first destabilizer compound. The temperature at which the conversion reaction is initiated is unexpectedly lowered by the addition of a second, different destabilizer compound.

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