8509. Silver Chloride

Properties

White powder; darkens on exposure to light. d 5.56; mp 455°; bp 1550°. Soly in water (25°): 1.93 mg/l; hydrochloric acid increases its soly. Sol in 250 parts of concd HCl, in 13 parts of 10% ammonia; more sol in stronger ammonia and also at higher temps. Sol in solns of alkali cyanides, thiosulfates, ammonium carbonates; appreciably sol in concd aq solns of ammonium chloride; mercuric nitrate, and silver nitrate. The freshly pptd chloride dissolves more readily than the dried precipitate. Insol in alcohol, or dil acids. Protect from light.