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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 06, 1994
Ivano Delprato, Rocchetta Di Cairo Montenotte, IT;
Sergio Massirio, Finale Ligure, IT;
Massimo Bertoldi, Fossano, IT;
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Silver halide photographic element comprising a support and at least one silver halide emulsion layer, characterised in that said silver halide emulsion layer is spectrally sensitized to infrared radiation with a tricarbocyanine dye having the formula: ##STR1## wherein, Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2 each independently represents the atoms necessary to complete a thiazole nucleus or an oxazole nucleus, Z.sub.3 represents the atoms necessary to complete a 5-membered N-containing aromatic ring, Q represents the atoms necessary to complete a 5- or 6-membered carbocyclic ring, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each independently represents an alkyl group, X.sup.- represents an anion, and n represents an integer of 1 to 2, provided that n is 1 when the dye forms an intramolecular salt.