silver bromide

American  

noun

Chemistry.

1. a yellowish, water-insoluble powder, AgBr, which darkens on exposure to light, produced by the reaction of silver nitrate with a bromide: used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic emulsions.

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silver bromide British  

noun

1. a yellowish insoluble powder that darkens when exposed to light: used in making photographic emulsions. Formula: AgBr

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Etymology

Origin of silver bromide

First recorded in 1875–80

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silver bromide

Normally the solubility increases and some of the solid silver bromide will dissolve.

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The solubility of silver bromide at the new temperature must be known.

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What additional information do we need to answer the following question: How is the equilibrium of solid silver bromide with a saturated solution of its ions affected when the temperature is raised?

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In conventional photography, the light which comes through the lens forms a "latent image" in the silver bromide of the film.

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If such an emulsion be boiled, we shall find the remarkable fact that, however long it be boiled, the silver bromide undergoes no change, neither does the emulsion become any more sensitive.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 by Various