Patent ID: 6100020
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: G03C

Abstract:
A process for the manufacturing of a silver halide element comprising (a) a silver halide emulsion-making step to prepare a silver halide emulsion, (b) a chemical or optical sensitization step, and (c) a coating step, characterized in that said process further comprises the step of adding to said silver halide emulsion, after said chemical or optical sensitization step and before said coating step, an aryl compound having at least two substituents in an amount of less than 0.03 moles per mole of silver,wherein said aryl compound is represented by the following formula (1) or (2): ##STR16## wherein each of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl group and sulfonic group, R.sub.3 represents a hydroxyl group, a sulfonic group a nitro group, a cyano group, an amino group, an alkyl group, an alkylcarboxy group, and a carboxyl group, m is an integer of from 1 to 4, and n is an integer of from 1 to 6,provided that when said aryl compound is a 1,2-dihydroxybenzene compound, it further comprises at least one additional substituent other than a sulfo group, andfurther provided that said silver halide emulsion contains no alkynylamine compound and no polyalkylene glycol.