| abstract |
A silver halide photographic emulsion having an improved initial speed of development, especially in an infectious development process, and capable of producing a picture image with high edge gradient, which contains as the silver halide at least 40 mol % of silver chloride, with the silver halide having an average particle size of not more than 0.8 micron, and containing as a combination of the following compounds: 1. A POLYALKYLENE OXIDE COMPOUND AND 2. AN ORGANIC COMPOUND HAVING AT LEAST ONE HYDROXYL GROUP AND AT LEAST ONE AMINO GROUP CONSISTING OF A TERTIARY NITROGEN ATOM. |