silver chloride
- noun
- /ˈsɪlvər ˈklɔɪərɪd/
- Specialized
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cloruro de plata
- Silver chloride is sensitive to light and turns violet when exposed to sunlight.
Examples
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Photographers once relied on silver chloride paper to produce high-quality prints.
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During the experiment, the students observed that silver chloride does not dissolve in water.
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Chemists prepared a solution containing silver chloride for the classroom experiment.
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The silver chloride compound is crucial for developing photos.
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In the lab, we studied the properties of silver chloride.
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Silver chloride is used in photographic materials to create images that are sensitive to light.
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In the lab, we learned about how silver chloride reacts when exposed to different temperatures.
Surface Forms
Morphology
A B1 learner who knows 'silver' and 'chloride' can readily infer that 'silver chloride' is the chloride (salt/compound) of silver — a chemical compound made from silver and chlorine; detailed properties like insolubility or photographic uses may be unknown but the core meaning is directly compositional. The noun-noun chemical naming pattern is regular in English and across many languages, so the expression is morphologically transparent.
Etymology
Silver chloride is simply named for the metal silver and the part chloride, which shows it comes from the chemical 'chlorine'. So the name tells you what the substance is — a white compound long used in photography and some medicines.
