silver iodide

noun

: a compound AgI that darkens on exposure to light and is used in photography, rainmaking, and medicine

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Cloud-seeding airplanes use flares mounted to the wings and belly of the plane to inject clouds with silver iodide particles. —

Isabella Fertel, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2023 For decades, ski areas, utility companies and water conservation districts have also supported cloud seeding, a weather modification technique that uses generators to send silver iodide particles into the air to help boost snowfall. —

Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Jan. 2023 The rocket, carrying a payload of silver iodide rods intended to initiate rainfall, was headed for the clouds above Zigui county in Hubei province. —

WIRED, 3 Sep. 2022 The basic materials for seeding have not changed, for the most part, since Schaefer’s time; the generator at Lake Irwin still uses a solution that contains silver iodide. —

Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 27 Oct. 2021 The aircraft have been shooting silver iodide flares into the atmosphere, also in the hope of prompting precipitation. —

WIRED, 3 Sep. 2022 The local government would also attempt to seed clouds, a process that involves shooting silver iodide rods into the sky to kickstart fresh rainfall. —

Karina Tsui, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022 When the silver iodide burns, particles go into the atmosphere and their charge attracts water to them. —

The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Aug. 2022 Cloud-seeding aircraft release the silver iodide particles through a series of long, narrow tubes or flares mounted on the wings. —

Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Mar. 2022 See More

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