silver iodide
a pale-yellow, water-insoluble solid, AgI, which darkens on exposure to light: used chiefly in medicine, photography, and artificial rainmaking.
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The substance is silver iodide, and contains 54.03 per cent.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob BeringerHydriodic acid and the iodides may be estimated by conversion into silver iodide.
Iodine has been used for this, giving an image of silver iodide.
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British Dictionary definitions for silver iodide
a yellow insoluble powder that darkens on exposure to light: used in photography and artificial rainmaking. Formula: AgI
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Scientific definitions for silver iodide
A pale-yellow, odorless powder that darkens when it is exposed to light. It is used in photography, as an antiseptic in medicine, and in cloud seeding. Chemical formula: AgI.
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