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silver chloride

noun Chemistry.

a white, granular, water-insoluble powder, AgCl, that darkens on exposure to light, produced by the reaction of silver nitrate with a chloride: used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic emulsions and in the making of antiseptic silver preparations.

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Nearby words

silver belly, silver birch, silver bromide, silver bullet, silver certificate, silver chloride, silver disc, silver doctor, silver fern, silver ferns, silver fir

Origin of silver chloride

First recorded in 1895–1900
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British Dictionary definitions for silver chloride

silver chloride

noun

a white insoluble powder that darkens on exposure to light because of the production of metallic silver: used in making photographic emulsions and papers. Formula: AgCl
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