Patent ID: 6143483
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: G03C

Abstract:
A silver halide emulsion that comprises at least a dispersion medium and silver halide grains, wherein 60% or more of the total projected area of the said silver halide grains is occupied by tabular grains having an epitaxial junction, which grains each have a {100} face as a main plane and an aspect ratio (diameter/thickness ratio) of from 2.0 to 100; and wherein a right-angled parallelogram enclosed with {100} side faces at the main plane edges on the portion of the tabular grains, which portion does not have the epitaxial junction, or if the tabular grains have at least one corner broken off, a right-angled parallelogram formed by extending the {100} side faces at the main plane edges, has a slenderness side ratio (a ratio of the length of the long side to that of the short side) of 1 to 6; and wherein the tabular grains have the epitaxial junction with a silver halide protrusion that has a higher solubility than the portion of the tabular grains, which portion does not have the epitaxial junction; and wherein the silver halide grains have an AgCl content of 0 to 50 mol %.