| abstract |
Dry stabilization of a silver halide photographic material, which comprises heating a silver halide photographic material containing silver halide grains at least 50 mol% of which consists of silver bromide to a temperature of at least 80°C. in the presence of 0.1 to 33 mol%, based on the silver halide, of an onium compound having an iodine ion or an anion containing iodine, such as methyltriethylammonium iodide, N-methylpyridinium iodide, or trimethylsulfonium iodide. Preferably, the heating is carried out after the formation of an image on the photographic material. |