Light-sensitive silver halide photographic material

Abstract

Disclosed is a light-sensitive silver halide photographic material having a hydrophilic colloid layer containing at least one layer of a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer provided on a support, wherein a hydrazide derivative is contained in the light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and the above hydrophilic colloid layer contains at least one of the compounds represented by Formulae [II] and [III] shown below: ##STR1## wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the specification, ##STR2## wherein R1 and R2 are as defined in the specification.

We claim: 
     
       1. A light-sensitive silver halide photographic material having a hydrophilic colloid layer containing at least one layer of a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer provided on a support,   said light sensitive silver halide emulsion containing silver halide grains having a mean grain size of 0.5 μm or less and   a hydrazide derivative wherein said hydrazide derivative is a compound represented by the formula (I-b-a) or (I-c): ##STR26##  wherein R 23  and R 24  each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a substituted alkyl group, a phenyl, naphthyl, cyclohexyl, pyridyl, pyrrolidyl group, or a substituted pyrrolidyl group; R 25  represents a hydrogen atom, a benzyl, alkoxy, alkyl group, or a substituted alkyl group; R 26  and R 27  each represents a divalent aromatic group, Y represents a sulfur atom or oxygen atom, L represents a divalent linking group; R 28  represents --NR'R" or --OR 29  ; R', R" and R 29  each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a substituted alkyl group, a phenyl group, a substituted phenyl group, a naphthyl group or a substituted naphthyl group; m and n each represents 0 or 1, and when R 28  represents --OR 29 , Y represents a sulfur atom or ##STR27##  wherein Ar represents an aryl group containing at least one of a diffusion resistant group or a silver halide adsorption promoting group, and R 31  represents a substituted alkyl group;     and said hydrophilic colloid layer contains a compound represented by Formula II or Formula III present in an amount effective to inhibit fog formation: ##STR28##  where R 1  represents hydrogen atom, a straight or branched alkyl group, a cyclic alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aralkyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, an alkylamide group, an arylamide group, an alkylthioamide group, an arylthioamide group, an alkylsulfonamide group or an arylsulfonamide group, R 2  and R 3  each represent hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, a cyclic alkyl group, an aryl group, a cyano group, an alkylthio group, an arylthio group, an arylsulfoxide group or an alkylsulfonyl group; with proviso that the above alkyl group, the cyclic alkyl group, the alkenyl group, aralkyl group, aryl group and heterocyclic group may have substituents; or ##STR29##  wherein R 1  represents hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or a hydroxymethyl group, and R 2  represents hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group.   
     
     
       2. The light-sensitive silver halide photographic material according to claim 1, wherein the content of said hydrazide derivative is within the range of from 5×10 -7  to 5×10 -1  mol per mol of silver halide contained in the light-sensitive silver halide photographic material. 
     
     
       3. The light-sensitive silver, halide photographic material according to claim 2, wherein the content of said hydrazide derivative is within the range of from 1×10 -5  to 1×10 -2  mol per mol of silver halide contained in the light-sensitive silver halide photographic material. 
     
     
       4. The light-sensitive silver halide photographic material according to claim 1, wherein said compound represented by Formula III is ##STR30## 
     
     
       5. The light-sensitive silver halide photographic material according to claim 1, wherein the content of said compound represented by Formula III is within the range of 1×10 -3  to 10% by weight based on the hydrophilic colloid. 
     
     
       6. The light-sensitive silver halide photographic material according to claim 5, wherein the content of said compound represented by Formula III is within the range of 1×10 -3  to 3% by weight based on the hydrophilic colloid. 
     
     
       7. The light-sensitive silver halide photographic material according to claim 1, wherein said material contains: a hydrazide derivative in an amount of 1×10 -5  to 1×10 -2  mol per mol of silver halide, and at least one of 2-methyl-3-isothiazolone, 5-chloro-2-methyl-3-isothiazolone, 4,5-dichloro-2-methyl-3-isothiazolone and a compound represented by the formula: ##STR31## in an amount of 1×10 -3  to 3% by weight based on the hydrophilic colloid.