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US2372873A
US2372873A US501856A US50185643A US2372873A US 2372873 A US2372873 A US 2372873A US 501856 A US501856 A US 501856A US 50185643 A US50185643 A US 50185643A US 2372873 A US2372873 A US 2372873A
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  • the present invention relates to the hardening of gelatin and is particularly directed to the hardening of gelatin and like emulsions employed as an emulsion layer in photographic films, plates or papers.
  • gelatin is widely employed in the preparation of photographic films, plates or paper in the form of gelatin emulsions.
  • layers of gelatin emulsion are coated on the photographic films, plates, papers and the like to serve as antihalation layers, to act as filter layers, to separate two sensitized layers and for numerous other purposes.
  • the present invention is particularly directed to an improvement in aldehyde types of harden-.
  • gelatin hardeners of certain aldehyde derivatives which will cause no fogging or loss of speed of sensitized gelatin layers whileproducing a substantial increase in the melting point of the gelatin.
  • m'tro aldehydes possess the property of hardening gelatin in a manner quite similar to that possessed by the corresponding aldehyde.
  • the m'tro aldehydes may be represented by the formula in which R is hydrogen or an alkyl group containing not more than 6 carbon atoms and which may be substituted, X is hydrogen, halogen, or hydroxyl, and :c, y and z are any whole numbers less than 6 including zero.
  • nitro aldehydes which I prefer to employ are the lower aliphatic nitro aldehydes, containir'r 8 or less carbon atoms and which in addi- 5o sessed by an which I may employ in practicing the present invention, although it is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to the use of these specific nitro aldehydes, may be listed nitro pro.- pandial, also called nitromalondialdehyde, which in has the formula I may also employ nitrolactic aldehyde which may be prepared from nitromethane and glyoxal semi-acetal, having the following probable formula:
  • nitroaldehydes are particularly effective for hardening gelatin emulsions which are slightly alkaline, i. e., emulsions havin a pH greater than 7, generally between 7 and 8.5.
  • Nitropropandial for instance, exerts a greater hardening efiect in alkaline emulsions than it does in emulsions having an satisfactory in an acid emulsion as in an alkaline emulsion.
  • the present invention may be most readily described by consideri g several specific examples thereof.
  • Example 1 was coated with the thus obtained mixture and the gelatin layer thus obtained was dried. After drying, it was found that the thus hardened gelatin layer had a melting point of 53 (3., which compared with the melting point of 37 C. posunhardened layer of the same gelatin.
  • Example 2 V 16 cos. of the same silver halide gelatin emulsion as in Example 1 and having a pH of 8 and 55 containing 10% gelatin was mixed with 1 cc. of
  • a composition of matter comprising a solution of gelatin containing a loweraliphatic nitro aldehyde, said solution being adapted for the production of a hardening gelatin layer.
  • a photographic material provided with a gelatin silver halide emulsion layer, said layer containing the condensation product of gelatin and a lower aliphatic nitro aldehyde.
  • a photographic material provided with a gelatin silver halide emulsion layer, said layer containing the condensation product of gelatin and nitropropandial.
  • a photographic material provided with a gelatin silver halide emulsion layer, said layercontainlng the condensation product and nitrolactic aldehyde.

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Patented Apr. 3, 1945 HARDENING OF GELATIN Robert H. Zappert, Binghamton, N. Y., assignor to General Aniline & Film Corporation, New York, N. Y., a corporation of Delaware No Drawing. Application September 10, 1943,
Serial No. 501,856
8 Claims.
The present invention relates to the hardening of gelatin and is particularly directed to the hardening of gelatin and like emulsions employed as an emulsion layer in photographic films, plates or papers.
It is common practice to harden photographic gelatin emulsion layers by incorporating in the emulsion a minor amount of a material known to have the property or overcoming the tendency of gelatin to melt or swell during processing, particularly at elevated temperatures. The materials most commonly employed for this purpose are chrome alum or acetate and various aldehydes, particularly formaldehyde.
As is well known in the photographic field, gelatin is widely employed in the preparation of photographic films, plates or paper in the form of gelatin emulsions. In addition, layers of gelatin emulsion are coated on the photographic films, plates, papers and the like to serve as antihalation layers, to act as filter layers, to separate two sensitized layers and for numerous other purposes.
In order to permit the photographic materials which are coated with layers of gelatin emulsion to be satisfactorily processed at even slightly elevated temperatures, forinstance in a warm climate, it is necessary to incorporate in the gelatin some material which will overcome the tendency of the gelatin to melt or swell.
The present invention is particularly directed to an improvement in aldehyde types of harden-.
ing materials and is directed particularly to the use as gelatin hardeners of certain aldehyde derivatives which will cause no fogging or loss of speed of sensitized gelatin layers whileproducing a substantial increase in the melting point of the gelatin.
I have discovered that the nitro aldehydes possess the property of hardening gelatin in a manner quite similar to that possessed by the corresponding aldehyde. The m'tro aldehydes may be represented by the formula in which R is hydrogen or an alkyl group containing not more than 6 carbon atoms and which may be substituted, X is hydrogen, halogen, or hydroxyl, and :c, y and z are any whole numbers less than 6 including zero.
Thus the nitro aldehydes which I prefer to employ are the lower aliphatic nitro aldehydes, containir'r 8 or less carbon atoms and which in addi- 5o sessed by an which I may employ in practicing the present invention, although it is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to the use of these specific nitro aldehydes, may be listed nitro pro.- pandial, also called nitromalondialdehyde, which in has the formula I may also employ nitrolactic aldehyde which may be prepared from nitromethane and glyoxal semi-acetal, having the following probable formula:
I have found that certain of the nitroaldehydes are particularly effective for hardening gelatin emulsions which are slightly alkaline, i. e., emulsions havin a pH greater than 7, generally between 7 and 8.5. Nitropropandial, for instance, exerts a greater hardening efiect in alkaline emulsions than it does in emulsions having an satisfactory in an acid emulsion as in an alkaline emulsion.
The present invention may be most readily described by consideri g several specific examples thereof.
Example 1 was coated with the thus obtained mixture and the gelatin layer thus obtained was dried. After drying, it was found that the thus hardened gelatin layer had a melting point of 53 (3., which compared with the melting point of 37 C. posunhardened layer of the same gelatin.
Example 2 V 16 cos. of the same silver halide gelatin emulsion as in Example 1 and having a pH of 8 and 55 containing 10% gelatin was mixed with 1 cc. of
an aqueous solution containing 15% nitropropandial and a glass plate was coated with a thin layer of the thus obtained mixture. The gelatin layer was dried and after drying had a melting point of 60 C.
It was also found that the nitroaldehyde caused no fogging of the silver halide emulsion and caused no desensitization of the emulsion.
It should be understood that the exact proportion of ingredients in the above examples are illustrative of the preferred amounts whichI employ. However, the exact amounts may be varied within reasonable limits and with due regard to the particular hardening material employed.
I claim:
1. A composition of matter comprising a solution of gelatin containing a loweraliphatic nitro aldehyde, said solution being adapted for the production of a hardening gelatin layer. 7
2. A gelatin layer containing as a hardenin agent a lower aliphatic nitro aldehyde.
3. A photographic material provided with a gelatin silver halide emulsion layer, said layer containing the condensation product of gelatin and a lower aliphatic nitro aldehyde.
gamers 4. A photographic material provided with a gelatin silver halide emulsion layer, said layer containing the condensation product of gelatin and nitropropandial.
5. A photographic material provided with a gelatin silver halide emulsion layer, said layercontainlng the condensation product and nitrolactic aldehyde.
6. In the manufacture of photographic articles of gelatin provided with a hardened gelatin emulsion layer,
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US3146104A (en) * 1959-12-21 1964-08-25 Eastman Kodak Co Silver halide sensitized lithographic printing plate
DE1211070B (en) * 1962-07-25 1966-02-17 Eastman Kodak Co Light-sensitive, photographic silver halide emulsion containing a hardener
US3236882A (en) * 1962-03-29 1966-02-22 Eastman Kodak Co Preparation of carbodiimides
US4515769A (en) * 1981-12-01 1985-05-07 Borden, Inc. Encapsulated flavorant material, method for its preparation, and food and other compositions incorporating same

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3146104A (en) * 1959-12-21 1964-08-25 Eastman Kodak Co Silver halide sensitized lithographic printing plate
US3236882A (en) * 1962-03-29 1966-02-22 Eastman Kodak Co Preparation of carbodiimides
DE1211070B (en) * 1962-07-25 1966-02-17 Eastman Kodak Co Light-sensitive, photographic silver halide emulsion containing a hardener
US4515769A (en) * 1981-12-01 1985-05-07 Borden, Inc. Encapsulated flavorant material, method for its preparation, and food and other compositions incorporating same

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