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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 09, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kathy Elst, Kessel, BE;
Assignee:
Agfa-Gevaert, N.V., Mortsel, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C / ; G03C / ; G03C / ; G03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430567 ; 430569 ; 430642 ;
Abstract
A method is disclosed for preparing an emulsion having grains rich in silver bromide in the presence of gelatin as a protective colloid in a reaction vessel wherein a yield of more than 250 g of precipitated silver nitrate per liter of reaction vessel mixture is attained, wherein at least 70% of a total projected area of all grains is provided by {111} tabular grains having an average aspect ratio of more than 2:1 and an average thickness of from 0.05 up to 0.30 .mu.m and wherein a ratio by number of percentage amounts of hexagonal tabular grains to triangular tabular crystals present is more than 10:1, said method comprising following steps: