Chemistry GCSE
Silver halides
What Silver halides means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Silver halides
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Silver chloride is white, silver bromide is cream and silver iodide is yellow, and these are the silver halides formed when silver nitrate solution is added to solutions containing halide ions.
Topics that use Silver halides
- Halides (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Halide identification
- Ionic equations
- Precipitate colours
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- Precipitation reactions
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