Precipitation of monodispersed silver halide emulsions using water-soluble ortho-substituted aryl disulfides

Sang H. Kim, Roger L. Klaus, George J. Burgmaier

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Abstract

Silver bromoiodide photographic emulsions were precipitated using water-soluble aryl disulfides. The emulsions studied were sub-micron regular (nontabular) crystals containing less than 5% iodide, precipitated with ammonia and/or thioether. When compared to their para-substituted counterparts, water-soluble ortho-substituted aryl disulfides provided improved monodispersity along with no observed formation of large tabular grains. A proposed mechanism for the decreased ripening effect of the ortho-substituted isomer involved an in situ reduction of the disulfide to a ring-closed species that did not interact with silver ion.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)529-533
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Dispersion Science and Technology
Volume25
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2004
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Disulfides
  • Grain-size distributions
  • Monodispersed crystals
  • Ortho-substituted aryl
  • Silver halide emulsions

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