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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 21, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Julian M Wallis, Cheshunt, GB;
Robert J Nairne, Bishops Stortford, GB;
Alexis Zinn-Warner, Maplewood, MN (US);
Assignee:
Imation Corp., Oakdale, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C / ; G03C / ; G03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430567 ; 430565 ; 430600 ; 430603 ; 430613 ; 430605 ;
Abstract
A silver halide emulsion of average grain size 0.2 .mu.m or less comprising silver halide grains having a core and an outer shell, the core comprising at least 85 mol % of the total silver halide content of the grain and at least 50 mol % of the silver halide in the core being silver bromide, and the outer shell comprising silver halide of which greater than 50 mol % is silver chloride; the emulsion either containing no rhodium dopant, or containing rhodium dopant such that the concentration of said dopant is at least as great in the core as in the shell.