Patent ID: 6013408
Filing Date: 2000-01-11
Classification: G03C,G03F

Abstract:
A silver halide light-sensitive material comprising a support, hardening layer, a light-sensitive layer and an overcoating layer in this order, said hardening layer containing an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable compound or an ethylenically unsaturated cross-linkable polymer, said light-sensitive layer containing silver halide and a reducing agent, and said overcoating layer containing polyvinyl alcohol having a saponification degree of not less than 90%, wherein the hardening layer further contains a phenol compound represented by the formula (I): ##STR11## in which L.sup.1 is a divalent linking group selected from the group consisting of --S--, --O--, --CO--, --SO--, --SO.sub.2 --, --NR.sup.1 --, a divalent aliphatic group, a divalent aromatic group, a divalent heterocyclic group and a combination thereof; R.sup.1 is hydrogen, an alkyl group or an aryl group; and each of the benzene rings A.sup.1 and B.sup.1 may have one to four substituent groups.