silver iodide


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silver iodide

n.
A pale yellow, odorless powder, AgI, that darkens on exposure to light and is used in photographic emulsions, rainmaking, and medicine, especially as an antiseptic.

silver iodide

n
(Elements & Compounds) a yellow insoluble powder that darkens on exposure to light: used in photography and artificial rainmaking. Formula: AgI

sil′ver i′odide



n.
a pale yellow solid, AgI, that darkens on exposure to light: used in medicine, photography, and rainmaking.

silver iodide

A pale-yellow, odorless powder, AgI, that darkens when it is exposed to light. It is used in photography, as an antiseptic in medicine, and in cloud seeding.
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Noun1.silver iodide - an iodide that is used in photography, in seeding clouds to make rain, and in medicine
iodide - a salt or ester of hydriodic acid
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Others use airplanes to drop flares that generate silver iodide smoke into clouds, or to fly into a storm with flares strapped to their wings.
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dide (Riva Star: SDI Australia) has been shown to prevent stain formation and potentially increase the effectiveness of SDF alone as a caries inhibitor by depositing silver iodide salts into the dentinal tubules of carious dentine.
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More recently, China has experimented with shooting chemicals such as silver iodide into clouds to induce rain.
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This is done by jets/ helicopters spraying them with chemicals like common salt or silver iodide.
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The process involves seeding the atmosphere with chemicals such as silver iodide or dry ice, which help form ice crystals.
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In cloud seeding, chemicals like silver iodide and potassium iodide, which are all forms of salt, are used to induce rains.
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Cloud seeding is a weather modification method where silver iodide or calcium chloride are introduced in the atmosphere to induce condensation, and eventually, precipitation.
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Sodium chloride or silver iodide is mixed with water for spraying the clouds.
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