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Photosensitive emulsion, thermally developable photosensitive material containing the same, image recording method and image forming method employing the same

US6268118A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 22, 1999
Grant dateJul 31, 2001
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Expiry dateNov 22, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03C2200/39
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Disclosed is a thermally developable photosensitive material having a photosensitive layer comprising a photosensitive silver halide, an organic silver salt, a reducing agent, and a binder, a thermally developable photosensitive material the organic silver salt comprises tabular organic silver salt grains having an aspect ratio of at least 3, and average of needle ratio of the tabular organic silver salt grains measured from principal plane direction is not less than 1.1 and less than 10. The thermally developable photosensitive material exhibits high sensitivity as well as low fog and an image forming method employing the same.

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