Polaroid Corporation

John J Magenheimer

Michael J Berger

Charles H Byers

Kenneth G Scott

Raymond B Hanselman

A silver diffusion transfer film unit which comprises, in order, a support, a silver precipitating layer, a protective layer comprising chitosan having a copper salt and a polyol selected from the group consisting of glycerol, sorbitol, polyvinyl alcohol, inositol, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol and hydroxyethyl cellulose disposed therein, a release layer, and a photosensitive silver halide layer. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the film unit is an additive color diffusion transfer film unit.

Diffusion transfer film system with protective layer of copper salt,

A diffusion transfer film unit comprising a support, a photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer, an image-receiving layer and, intermediate said silver halide emulsion layer and said image-receiving layer, a release layer which comprises a water-soluble polymer and a styrenated acid functional acrylic resin. In a preferred embodiment, the film unit is a silver diffusion transfer film unit.

Diffusion transfer film unit

Noble metal silver precipitating nuclei are prepared by reducing a noble metal salt or complex in the presence of a polymer with a Sn.degree. suspension formed by the borohydride reduction of a tin salt. The invention is also directed to film units employing said nuclei.

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Wellesley, MA, United States of America

John J Magenheimer