Menu
Home
People
Places
Arts
History
Plants & Animals
Science
Life & Culture
Technology
Reference.org
Silver iodide
open-in-new
<p>Silver iodide is an <a href="/facts/Inorganic_compound/TfFfzxSz">inorganic compound</a> with the formula <a href="/facts/Silver/xXe41BGg">Ag</a><a href="/facts/Iodide/JyVRGWMX">I</a>. The compound is a bright yellow solid, but samples almost always contain impurities of metallic silver that give a grey colouration. The silver contamination arises because some samples of AgI can be highly <a href="/facts/Photosensitivity/dohEzKCm">photosensitive</a>. This property is exploited in silver-based <a href="/facts/Photography/ezLPT43M">photography</a>. Silver iodide is also used as an <a href="/facts/Antiseptic/ua05WK9M">antiseptic</a> and in <a href="/facts/Cloud_seeding/sleWvvte">cloud seeding</a>. </p>