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Robrecht Julius Thiers

Robert J Pollet

Hubert Vandenabeele

Jozef Frans Willems

Antoon Leon Vandenberghe

Karl Kuffner

Herman Adelbert Philippaerts

Hans Glockner

Theofiel H Ghys

Hugo Zorn

A method for producing photographic images by development of an exposed silver halide element at elevated temperature is provided wherein the development occurs in the presence of a non-quaternary, non-heterocyclic nitrobenzene compound of the formula: ##STR1## WHEREIN: (R).sub.n stands for one or more substituents selected from hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, alkenyl, substituted alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkynyl, alkoxy, substituted alkoxy, alkylmercapto, substituted alkylmercapto, amino, substituted amino, aryl, substituted aryl, hydroxy, nitro, cyano, sulpho or carboxy in acid or salt form, alkoxycarbonyl and an acyl group derived from a carboxylic or sulphonic acid. The nitrobenzene compounds have a favorable effect on the sensitometric properties of the silver halide emulsion that are developed at elevated temperature. They reduce the supplemental fog produced by development at elevated temperature.

High temperature processing of photographic silver halide material

Heterocyclic mercapto compounds are added to a binder layer containing colloidal silver which is comprised in a color photographic multilayer material. The colloidal silver layer may be a yellow filter layer to prevent exposure of the green, and red recording layers to blue light, or an antihalation layer arranged between the layer support and the lowermost light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer. The heterocyclic mercapto compounds reduce the contact fog produced in the (first) developer and increase color density in reversal processing. Additionally there can be present in the colloidal silver layer a sensitizer for the blue, green or red spectral region.

Color photographic multilayer material with improved color density

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Robrecht Julius Thiers