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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 20, 1998
Herman Uytterhoeven, Bonheiden, BE;
Yvan Gilliams, Hever, BE;
Agfa-Gevaert, Mortsel, BE;
Abstract
A photothermographic recording material comprising a support and a photo-addressable thermally developable element comprising photosensitive siver halide in catalytic association with a substantially light-insensitive silver salt of an organic carboxylic acid, an organic reducing agent for the substantially light-insensitive silver salt of an aliphatic carboxylic acid in thermal working relationship therewith and a binder, characterized in that the binder comprises a non-proteinaceous water-soluble binder, a non-proteinaceous water-dispersible binder (preferably a comprising a diene, styrene, an acrylate or a methacrylate monomer) or a mixture of a non-proteinaceous water soluble binder and a non-proteinaceous water-dispersible binder and the photo-addressable thermally developable element is capable of being coated from an aqueous medium and is capable of producing images stable to light without a wet-processing step; a process for producing the photothermographic recording material and a photo-thermographic recording process therefor.