Solid phase
Official name
Silver(I) chloride
Secondary names
Silver chloride; Chlorargyrite (mineral); AgCl
CAS number
7783-90-6
Type
Family
ionic solid
Class
normal salt
Compound type
chloride
Comments
solubility in water: 520 μg/100 g at 50 °C - equivalent to Chlorargyrite mineral
Chemical composition
Formula
$Ag^+ \cdot Cl^-$
Chemical formula
AgCl
Elemental formula
(Ag+) (Cl-)
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
4.0
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Mole fraction Isotope mole fraction State Relevance
$Ag^+$ Silver cation element 1 0.5 1 constituent cation main
$Cl^-$ Chloride anion element 1 0.5 1 constituent anion main
Chemical bonds
  Bond Number
$Ag^+ \cdot Cl^{-}$ 1
Class
normal salts (07)
Type
simple normal salts (07.01)
Phase type
crystalline
Crystal system
isometric (cubic)
Crystal class
hexoctahedral
Crystal class symbol
m-3m (Oh)
Crystal spacegroup
Fm-3m
Composition order
ordered
Molar mass
143.32 $g/mol$
Density
5.56 $g/cm^3$
State NTP
solid
Phase transitions
Phase transition type Other phases Temperature - Pressure
solid-liquid liquid 455°C (1 bar)
Refringence type
isotropic
Refraction index $n_{\alpha}$
2.071
Pure color
colorless
Color
colorless, white
Diaphaneity
transparent to translucent
Luster
vitreous
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