Coating fluid for imaging element comprising solubilized ossein gelatin and hardener
申请人:EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
公开号:EP1367436A1
公开(公告)日:2003-12-03
An aqueous coating fluid is described comprising gelatin at a concentration of at least 1 wt% and gelatin hardener at a level from 1-200 effective µmole hardener per gram of coating fluid, wherein at least 20% of the gelatin comprises a gelatin prepared from hydrolysis of ossein using sodium or potassium hydroxide. Relative improvements are obtained in reducing the rate of chemical gelation of a coating fluid containing gelatin and a hardener, without the need for chemically modifying functional groups of the gelatin. The invention further enables an increase in coating fluid concentration, increase in the fluid viscosity, reduction in the ratio of added anionic polymer to gelatin, and/or increase in the pH of a coating fluid containing gelatin and a hardener, without detrimentally increasing the rate of chemical gelation of the coating fluid. The invention also enables the inclusion of relatively more reactive hardeners in a coating fluid containing gelatin, and/or the inclusion of relatively higher molecular weight gelatin in a coating fluid containing hardener, without detrimentally increasing the rate of chemical gelation of the coating fluid. Each such advantage may be achieved either individually, or in combinations to varying extents.
描述了一种水性涂布液,包含浓度至少为 1 wt%的明胶和每克涂布液 1-200 有效微摩尔硬化剂水平的明胶硬化剂,其中至少 20% 的明胶包含使用氢氧化钠或氢氧化钾水解骨化皂制备的明胶。本发明在降低含有明胶和硬化剂的涂布液的化学凝胶速率方面取得了相对的改进,而无需对明胶的官能团进行化学修饰。本发明进一步提高了涂布液的浓度,增加了涂布液的粘度,降低了添加的阴离子聚合物与明胶的比例,和/或提高了含有明胶和固化剂的涂布液的 pH 值,而不会不利地增加涂布液的化学凝胶速率。本发明还可以在含有明胶的涂布液中加入反应性较强的固化剂,和/或在含有固化剂的涂布液中加入分子量较高的明胶,而不会不利地增加涂布液的化学凝胶速率。这些优点可以单独实现,也可以不同程度地组合使用。