silver chloride

Noun

silver chloride (uncountable)

1. The silver salt of hydrochloric acid, AgCl.
   • It had already been proved that paper soaked with silver chloride would blacken when exposed to sunlight; this discovery was one of the earliest stepping-stones toward the field of photography. [Johann] Ritter wondered whether all sunlight’s colors would create this reaction with equal speed. He...2017, Bob Berman, Zapped: From Infrared to X-rays, the Curious History of Invisible Light, Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, pages 50-51