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silver iodide

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silver iodide [′sil·vər ′ī·ə‚dīd]
(inorganic chemistry)
AgI A pale-yellow powder, insoluble in water, soluble in potassium iodide-sodium chloride solutions and ammonium hydroxide; melts at 556°C; used in medicine, photography, and artificial rainmaking.


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Researchers had learned that injecting silver iodide into clouds that contained super-cooled water droplets would lead to the formation of ice crystals.
While flying through the band of clouds just outside the eyewall, the Project Stromfury pilots released particles of the chemical compound silver iodide from a plane.
When brought together with magnets, the drops fused, and their contents formed silver iodide.
 
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