Agfa Gevaert Nv

Raymond L Florens

Pieter Perdieus

Andre Roefs

Daniel M Timmerman

Peter M Willems

Paul Wouters

Hubert Vandenabeele

Freddy Henderickx

Francis J Sels

Benedictus J Jansen

Luc J Heremans

Romain H Bollen

According to this invention an assortment is offered of at least five silver halide industrial X-ray photographic materials, to be processed in the processing cycle of an automatic processing machine following the steps of developing, rinsing, fixing, rinsing and drying, wherein each of said film materials comprises at least one gelatino silver halide emulsion layer and at least one non-sensitive protective antistress coating on at least one side of a support, characterised in that for each of said materials belonging to the assortment the total amount of silver halide, expressed as the equivalent amount of silver nitrate, per square meter and per side is lying in the range from 7.5 to 15 grams, the total amount of gelatin coated in all of the hydrophilic layers present is such and the gelatin is hardened to such an extent that the amount of water absorption is substantially the same for each material and is not more than 2 grams per gram of gelatin after rinsing and before drying each material and that within said assortment the materials are differing in speed.

Assortment of silver halide photographic industrial x-ray films and

To eliminate the 'pi-line' artefact after processing a silver halide industrial photographic X-ray material is disclosed comprising on at least one side of a support, at least one gelatino silver halide emulsion layer and a total amount of silver halide, corresponding to from 6 to 20 g of silver nitrate per square meter and per side, and at least one non-sensitive protective antistress coating, wherein said photographic material comprises at least one vinyl sulphone compound as a hardening agent and at least one polyoxyalkylene compound as a surfactant in at least one of its hydrophilic layers. A method of image forming in said silver halide photographic material is described wherein after exposure to direct X-rays said material is subjected in an automatic processing machine to the steps of developing in a developer comprising as a surfactant at least one anionic alkylphenoxy and/or alkoxy polyalkyleneoxy phosphate ester, sulphate ester, alkyl carboxylic, sulphonic or phosphonic acid and/or a salt thereof, fixing in a fixer which may comprise at least one alpha-ketocarboxylic acid, rinsing and drying.

Silver halide photographic industrial X-ray films

To eliminate the 'pi-line' artifact after processing a method of image formation is disclosed in a silver halide industrial X-ray photographic material, comprising on at least one side of a support, at least one gelatin silver halide emulsion layer and a total amount of silver halide, corresponding to from 6 to 20 g of silver nitrate per square meter and per side, and at least one non-sensitive protective antistress coating, wherein said material further comprises a hardening agent different from a vinyl sulphone compound, preferably formaldehyde, and at least one polyoxyalkylene compound as a surfactant in at least one of its hydrophilic layers, and wherein after exposure to direct X-rays said material is subjected in an automatic processing machine to the steps of developing in a developer comprising at least one anionic alkylphenoxy polyalkyleneoxy phosphate ester surfactant, fixing in a fixer which may comprise at least one alpha-ketocarboxylic acid, rinsing and drying.

Processing of silver halide photographic industrial X-ray films

To eliminate the 'pi-line' artefact after processing a method of image formation in a silver halide industrial X-ray photographic material is disclosed wherein said material comprises on at least one side of a support, at least one gelatino silver halide emulsion layer and a total amount of silver halide, corresponding to from 6 to 20 g of silver nitrate per square meter and per side, and at least one non-sensitive protective antistress coating and wherein said method proceeds by the steps of exposing said material to direct X-rays and processing the material in an automatic processing machine by development, fixing, rinsing and drying, characterized in that said material further comprises at least one vinyl sulphone compound as a hardening agent in at least one of its hydrophilic layers, that development occurs in a developer comprising as a surfactant at least one anionic alkylphenoxy and/or alkoxy polyalkyleneoxy phosphate ester, sulphate ester, alkyl carboxylic, sulphonic or phosphonic acid and/or a salt thereof and that fixing occurs in a fixer which may comprise at least one alpha-ketocarboxylic acid.

Processing of silver halide photographic industrial x-ray films

A photographic silver halide material for industrial radiography comprises a film support and on one or both sides thereof a silver halide emulsion rich in silver chloride and a silver halide emulsion rich in silver bromide either in admixture in the same layer or in contiguous layers. The ratio by weight of colloid binder, e.g. gelatin, to silver halide (expressed as silver nitrate) is from 3:10 to 6:10 and the amount of silver halide corresponds to from 6 g to 20 g of silver nitrate per square meter and per side. The material has been forehardened to an extent such that when it is immersed in demineralised water of 25.degree. C. for 3 minutes there is absorbed less than 2.5 g of water per gram of binder. The material can be processed within a total processing time of less than 5 minutes with a developer and fixer being substantially free from hardening agents and the fixer being substantially free from ammonium ions.

Silver halide photographic industrial radiography suitable for various

A radiographic film package for non-destructive testing purposes has been developed, comprising a radiographic film sheet which is composed of a film support coated at both sides with one or more silver halide emulsion layer(s) and one or more non-light-sensitive protective antistress coating(s) thereover, and a wrapper around said film sheet which is light-opaque and air-tight, and which comprises a heat-sealable thermoplastic layer at the inner side of the wrapper, a transparent polymer layer at the outer side of the wrapper and a layer of aluminum located between said transparent polymer layer and said heat-sealable thermoplastic layer, and wherein at least one antistatic layer coating is provided between the said thermoplastic layer of said wrapper and the emulsion layers of said film sheet.

Radiographic film package for non-destructive testing purposes

A process for the production of multiple radiographic images in which a corresponding number of photosensitive layers is exposed in a single shot to penetrating radiation and to photons emitted by fluorescent material sensitive to such penetrating radiation, characterized in that during such exposure each said photosensitive layer is located between a layer of said fluorescent material and a visible light reflecting layer which comprises white pigment particles and has a diffuse white light reflection density of less than 0.30.

Process for the production of multiple radiographic images

A photographic element is described comprising an emulsion layer of low gelatin to silver halide ratio, the emulsion comprising a polymeric compound containing recurring units with ketoiminoguanidinium groups in the side chain to reduce formation of pressure marks.

Silver halide elements with polymers containing ketoiminoguanidinium

A method is described of increasing the stability of direct-positive silver halide emulsions comprising reduction- and gold-fogged silver halide grains by the step of adding to the emulsion subsequent to the fogging, a sulphite and a gold compound.

Direct-positive silver halide emulsions

A photographic multilayer direct-positive silver halide element is provided comprising at least two direct-positive fogged silver halide emulsion layers the undermost emulsion layer comprising one or more non-spectrally sensitizing electron acceptors and the uppermost emulsion layer comprising one or more electron-acceptors at least one of which is a spectrally sensitizing electron acceptor. The direct-positive element has reduced gradation and extended exposure latitude.

Photographic multilayer direct-positive silver halide element

Photographic direct-positive materials are described which comprise in admixture in a single layer or in superposed layers a monodispersed direct-positive emulsion and a heterodispersed direct-positive emulsion. By the use of both types of emulsions it is possible to obtain reduced contrast and good detail rendering in the high-light areas.

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Raymond L Florens