Patent ID: 6730466
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: G03C

Abstract:
A silver halide photographic emulsion comprising silver iodochlorobromide tabular grains each having (111) faces as main planes thereof, wherein 70% or more of the total projected area of all the grains contained in the emulsion is occupied by grains each meeting conditions (i) to (iv) below:(i) a hexagonal tabular grain whose ratio of the length of an edge having the maximum length with respect to the length of an edge having the minimum length, is 2 or less, (ii) an epitaxial junction portion having a silver chloride content of 5 mol % or more and 25 mol % or less, is provided on at least one apex portion of the hexagon, (iii) a silver chloride content thereof is 0.5 mol % or more and 6 mol % or less, and (iv) a silver iodide content thereof is 0.5 mol % or more and 10 mol % or less.