ELI5; why is silver chloride more expensive than silver?

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ELI5; why is silver chloride more expensive than silver?

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  1. HammerTh_1701 Avatar

    Because someone needs to make it. Pure chemicals mostly cost the labor needed to make them. I didn’t see this myself, but one of my lecturers ordered a protein where all the different amounts cost the same because it’s made to order anyway and all the different amounts require the same amount of labor.

  2. copnonymous Avatar

    The same reason why a cake is more expensive than the portions of ingredients used to bake it. You’re not paying for just the cost of the components. You’re paying for the labor and expertise to make the finished product and the time it saves you. Otherwise why not just make silver chloride in your own lab.

  3. honey_102b Avatar

    in normal conditions AgCl wants to decompose to solid silver and chlorine gas.

    it’s so unstable it needs to be kept away from light, kept in a cool place, and must be hermetically sealed from humidity.

    this applies to the manufacturing and storage procedures which increases the cost.