A yellow insoluble powder that darkens on exposure to light. It is used in photography and artificial rainmaking.
Example sentencesExamples
First up there's been a tremendous amount of scientific work done on the toxicology of silver iodide.
Between 1826 and 1837, Niepce and Daguerre found that silver iodide was especially light-sensitive, and they used this discovery as the basis for their early work in photography.
Today, either solid carbon dioxide or silver iodide is used.
Be sure to fix thoroughly, as silver iodide is more difficult to remove.
He secured patent rights to this which included sensitising paper with a coating of silver nitrate, followed by potassium iodide, to form silver iodide.
Definition of silver iodide in US English:
silver iodide
noun
A yellow insoluble powder that darkens on exposure to light. It is used in photography and artificial rainmaking.
Chemical formula: AgI
Example sentencesExamples
Today, either solid carbon dioxide or silver iodide is used.
Between 1826 and 1837, Niepce and Daguerre found that silver iodide was especially light-sensitive, and they used this discovery as the basis for their early work in photography.
Be sure to fix thoroughly, as silver iodide is more difficult to remove.
First up there's been a tremendous amount of scientific work done on the toxicology of silver iodide.
He secured patent rights to this which included sensitising paper with a coating of silver nitrate, followed by potassium iodide, to form silver iodide.