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silver chloride

noun

Definition of silver chloride

: a compound AgCl that is sensitive to light and is used especially for photographic materials

Examples of silver chloride in a Sentence

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 By the end of the 1700s, scientists had realized that silver chloride and silver nitrate would darken when exposed to light, a photochemical effect that would soon make photography possible. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Scientists found these old photographs contain metallic nanoparticles," 12 June 2019

First Known Use of silver chloride

1869, in the meaning defined above

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