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EP 0174018 B1 19910424 - SPLASH-PREPARED SILVER HALIDE EMULSIONS WITH A UNIFORM PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION

Title (en)

SPLASH-PREPARED SILVER HALIDE EMULSIONS WITH A UNIFORM PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION

Publication

EP 0174018 B1 19910424 (EN)

Application

EP 85111158 A 19850904

Priority

US 64780884 A 19840906

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0174018A2] Silver halide emulsions with a narrow and uniform particle size distribution are made by introducing monodisperse seed crystals into a gelatin-salts mixture, followed by normal splash-preparation procedures to make the final emulsion.

IPC 1-7

G03C 1/005

IPC 8 full level

C01G 5/02 (2006.01); G03C 1/005 (2006.01); G03C 1/015 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G03C 1/015 (2013.01); G03C 2001/0357 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

BE CH DE IT LI

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0174018 A2 19860312; EP 0174018 A3 19880217; EP 0174018 B1 19910424; DE 3582633 D1 19910529; JP H0443569 B2 19920717; JP S6172229 A 19860414

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 85111158 A 19850904; DE 3582633 T 19850904; JP 19500185 A 19850905