Claims
- 1. An electron-beam-recording process comprising the steps of:
- (1) providing an electron-beam-recording element comprising a film support having, in order, on one side thereof a conductive layer, an adhesion-promoting hydrophilic colloid layer and an imaging layer, said conductive layer comprising vanadium pentoxide and said imaging layer comprising an electron-beam-sensitive silver halide emulsion, said vanadium pentoxide being present in said conductive layer in an amount sufficient to impart thereto a resistivity of less than 5.times.10.sup.8 ohms/square, and said element having a visible D.sub.min of no greater than 0.07 density units and an ultraviolet D.sub.min of no greater than 0.12 density units;
- (2) introducing said element into a vacuum chamber;
- (3) imagewise exposing said element within said vacuum chamber to an electron beam; and
- (4) processing said imagewise-exposed element to form a visible image.
- 2. An electron-beam-recording process as claimed in claim 1, wherein said electron-beam-recording element additionally comprises a barrier layer that prevents dissolution of said vanadium pentoxide during processing of said element; said barrier layer being disposed between said conductive layer and said adhesion-promoting layer.
- 3. An electron-beam-recording process as claimed in claim 1, wherein said electron-beam-recording element additionally comprises a backing layer on the side of said film support opposite to said imaging layer.
- 4. An electron-beam-recording process as claimed in claim 1, wherein said film support is a polyester film.
- 5. An electron-beam-recording process as claimed in claim 1, wherein said film support is a poly(ethylene terephthalate) film.
- 6. An electron-beam-recording process as claimed in claim 1, wherein said conductive layer additionally comprises a vinylidene chloride/methyl acrylate/itaconic acid terpolymer.
- 7. An electron-beam-recording process as claimed in claim 1, wherein said conductive layer additionally comprises a vinylidene chloride/acrylonitrile/methacrylic acid terpolymer.
- 8. An electron-beam-recording process as claimed in claim 1, wherein said conductive layer additionally comprises an aqueous dispersible polyester ionomer.
- 9. An electron-beam-recording process as claimed in claim 1, wherein said vanadium pentoxide is present in said conductive layer in an amount of 2 to 30 mg/m.sup.2.
- 10. An electron-beam-recording process as claimed in claim 1, wherein said vanadium pentoxide is present in said conductive layer in an amount of 2 to 15 mg/m.sup.2.
- 11. An electron-beam-recording process as claimed in claim 1, wherein said UV D.sub.min is no greater than 0.04.
- 12. An electron-beam-recording process as claimed in claim 1, wherein said adhesion-promoting hydrophilic colloid layer is comprised of gelatin, a gelatin hardener, matte particles and a surfactant coating aid.
- 13. An electron-beam-recording process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the dry coating weight of said adhesion-promoting hydrophilic colloid layer is from 40 to 200 mg/m.sup.2.
- 14. An electron-beam-recording process as claimed in claim 2, wherein said barrier layer comprises an aqueous applied latex barrier polymer having hydrophilic functionality.
- 15. An electron-beam-recording process as claimed in claim 2, wherein said barrier layer comprises a heat-thickening polyacrylamide barrier polymer having hydrophilic functionality.
- 16. An electron-beam-recording process as claimed in claim 1, wherein said electron-beam-recording element additionally comprises a protective overcoat layer which overlies the imaging layer and comprises crosslinked gelatin and at least one lubricant.
- 17. An electron-beam-recording process as claimed in claim 3, wherein said backing layer comprises crosslinked gelatin.
- 18. An electron-beam-recording process as claimed in claim 1, wherein said vanadium pentoxide is silver-doped.
- 19. An electron-beam-recording process comprising the steps of:
- (1) providing an electron-beam-recording element comprising a poly(ethylene terephthalate) film support having, in order, on one side thereof a subbing layer comprising a terpolymer latex of acrylonitrile, vinylidene chloride and acrylic acid, a conductive layer comprising silver-doped vanadium pentoxide and a methyl acrylate/vinylidene chloride/itaconic acid terpolymer latex, an adhesion-promoting gel sub layer, and an imaging layer comprising an electron-beam-sensitive silver halide emulsion, said silver-doped vanadium pentoxide being present in said conductive layer in an amount sufficient to impart thereto a resistivity of less than 5.times.10.sup.8 ohms/square, and said imaging element having a visible D.sub.min of no greater than 0.07 density units and an ultraviolet D.sub.min of no greater than 0.12 density units;
- (2) introducing said element into a vacuum chamber;
- (3) imagewise exposing said element within said vacuum chamber to an electron beam; and
- (4) processing said imagewise-exposed element to form a visible image.
- 20. An electron beam-recording process comprising the steps of:
- (1) providing an electron-beam-recording element comprising a poly(ethylene terephthalate) film support having, in order, on one side thereof a subbing layer comprising a terpolymer latex of acrylonitrile, vinylidene chloride and acrylic acid, a conductive layer comprising silver-doped vanadium pentoxide and a methyl acrylate/vinylidene chloride/itaconic acid terpolymer latex, a barrier layer comprised of a methyl acrylate/vinylidene chloride/itaconic acid terpolymer latex, an adhesion-promoting gel sub layer, and an imaging layer comprising an electron-beam-sensitive silver halide emulsion, said silver-doped vanadium pentoxide being present in said conductive layer in an amount sufficient to impart thereto a resistivity of less than 5.times.10.sup.8 ohms/square, and said imaging element having a visible D.sub.min of no greater than 0.07 density units and an ultraviolet D.sub.min of no greater than 0.12 density units;
- (2) introducing said element into a vacuum chamber;
- (3) imagewise exposing said element within said vacuum chamber to an electron beam; and
- (4) processing said imagewise-exposed element to form a visible image.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 241,823, filed May 12, 1994, and now abandoned in favor of continuation application Ser. No. 443,638, filed May 18, 1995.
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