Argentic
of or containing silver and having a valence greater than the corresponding compound.
historical examples
the argentic plate is always ready-at-hand, and the working of it is simplicity itself.
photography in the studio and in the field edward m. estabrooke
these solutions fail to give a precipitate with argentic nitrate.
cooley’s cyclopdia of practical receipts and collateral information in the arts, manufactures, professions, and trades…, sixth edition, volume i arnold cooley
adjective
(chem) of or containing silver in the divalent or trivalent state
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