silver iodide
noun
: a compound AgI that darkens on exposure to light and is used in photography, rainmaking, and medicine
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And honestly, the environmental implications of basically covering the earth with this, coupled with the implications of potentially using silver iodide — those would cause far more pressing issues than the tornado itself.
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Nate Jones, Vulture, 25 July 2024
The approach typically involves spraying silver iodide into clouds to draw water out of the atmosphere and produce snow or rain.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 16 Oct. 2024
The crystalline silver iodide particles have a structure similar to ice—and inside a cloud, like attracts like.
—Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, 16 Mar. 2021
Much of the research focused on cloud seeding, in which researchers added agents like silver iodide to clouds to produce precipitation.
—Kate Carpenter / Made By History, TIME, 19 July 2024
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Nate Jones, Vulture, 25 July 2024
The approach typically involves spraying silver iodide into clouds to draw water out of the atmosphere and produce snow or rain.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 16 Oct. 2024
The crystalline silver iodide particles have a structure similar to ice—and inside a cloud, like attracts like.
—Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, 16 Mar. 2021
Much of the research focused on cloud seeding, in which researchers added agents like silver iodide to clouds to produce precipitation.
—Kate Carpenter / Made By History, TIME, 19 July 2024
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“Silver iodide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silver%20iodide. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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