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Silver chloride

ReagentPlus®, 99%

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
AgCl
CAS Number:
7783-90-6
Molecular Weight:
143.32
EC Number:
232-033-3
MDL number:
MFCD00003399
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
PubChem Substance ID:
329752346
NACRES:
NA.21

vapor pressure

1 mmHg ( 912 °C)

Quality Level

100

product line

ReagentPlus®

Assay

99%

form

powder or chunks

reaction suitability

reagent type: catalyst
core: silver

mp

455 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

Cl[Ag]

InChI

1S/Ag.ClH/h;1H/q+1;/p-1

InChI key

HKZLPVFGJNLROG-UHFFFAOYSA-M

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General description

Silver chloride (AgCl) is widely employed as a catalyst, photographic material, and ionic semiconductor material. High photosensitivity of AgCl makes it an important photocatalyst.

Application

Silver chloride can be used as a catalyst:
  • In the preparation of 1,2,3-triazoles from alkynes and azides.

Silver chloride is also be used:
  • As a precursor salt to synthesize silver nanoparticles.

Legal Information

ReagentPlus is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Pictograms

CorrosionEnvironment
GHS05,GHS09

Signal Word

Warning

Hazard Statements

H290,H410

Precautionary Statements

P234 - P273 - P390 - P391 - P501

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Met. Corr. 1

Storage Class Code

8B - Non-combustible corrosive hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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Band structure of silver chloride and silver bromide.
Scop PM.
Physical Review, 139(3A), A934-A934 (1965)
Ionic conductivity of silver chloride single crystals.
Corish J and Jacobs PWM.
Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 33(7), 1799-1818 (1972)
A type of silver chloride electrode suitable for use in dilute solutions.
Brown AS.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 56(3), 646-647 (1934)
Shaokun Zhang et al.
Toxicology in vitro : an international journal published in association with BIBRA, 27(2), 739-744 (2012-12-19)
Silver-containing antimicrobial agents are used in various medical products. However, their toxicity to mammalian cells has not been sufficiently evaluated. Numerous studies have unveiled evidence of significant antimicrobial properties associated with Ag ions. In cell culture media or human body
Joon S Shim et al.
Biomedical microdevices, 14(5), 921-928 (2012-07-10)
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