Silver halide emulsion and image-forming method using silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material containing the same

摘要

A silver halide emulsion having a silver chloride content of 90 mol % or more which has been chemically sensitized with a compound capable of releasing an Au<I>Ch<-> ion is described, wherein grains of the silver halide contain in the shell portion thereof 0.01 to 0.50 mol % of silver iodide per mol of the total silver, with Ch representing S, Se or Te.