This section provides an overview for silver chloride as well as their applications and principles. Also, please take a look at the list of 16 silver chloride manufacturers and their company rankings. Here are the top-ranked silver chloride companies as of November, 2024: 1.American Elements, 2.Stanford Advanced Materials, 3.Muscat and Barka Business Trading.
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Silver chloride (AgCl) is an inorganic compound formed by the combination of silver and chlorine. It is known for its white crystalline appearance and its significant insolubility in water. It's commonly prepared by reacting silver nitrate with chloride ions, producing a white precipitate.
Due to its light sensitivity, silver chloride plays a crucial role in photographic films and papers, serving as a material that darkens upon exposure to light. It's also utilized in silver chloride electrodes for its stability and reproducibility and in biosensors for biomolecule detection. Additionally, its unique solubility properties make it useful in analytical chemistry for silver ion detection and in various industrial processes as a catalyst, disinfectant, and algae growth inhibitor.
AgCl is characterized by its poor solubility in water and ethanol, enhanced solubility in ammonia and concentrated hydrochloric acid, and its reaction to light, turning black upon exposure to ultraviolet or visible light. It has a molar mass of 143.32 g/mol, a density of 5.56 g/cm³, and melts at 455°C.
AgCl crystallizes in a face-centered cubic lattice, where each silver ion is octahedrally coordinated by six chloride ions. This ionic structure contributes to its insulating properties and high melting point.
Silver chloride can be synthesized through:
2Ag(s) + Cl2(g) → 2AgCl(s)
The silver chloride produced is recovered by cooling and filtration. In addition to these methods, various other synthetic methods may exist, the most common being the secondary reaction method.
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American Elements was founded in 1997 in California and currently has research and production facilities in Utah, Mexico, China, and the United Kingdom. AE manufactures and distributes advanced materials from a catalog of over 30,000 products for bulk industrial use as well as small scale laboratory use. AE also provides testing and analyses services including spectroscopy along with structural, thermal, and electrical analyses. AE holds sustainable development as a core corporate value and is committed to work to protect the health of the environment.
Stanford Advanced Materials was established in 1994 in Lake Forest, California to provide rare-earth products for research and development purposes. Stanford Advanced Materials serves many industries ranging from automotive to fashion to energy to research to sports to textiles. Stanford Advanced Materials manufactures and distributes purified metals, ceramics, composite materials including strips, plates, rods, wires, and bars, as well as laboratory equipment and optical equipment including crystals, lenses, splitters, and windows.
Junsei Chemical Co. Ltd., established in 1948 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a manufacturer of chemical reagents and chemical products, including commissioned synthesis of chemical products. Some of the products it makes include Sodium chloride solution, concentrated glycerin, calcium chloride, ascorbic acid, and nitric acid. The chemical products have a wide range of applications and can be used in pathological examination, as food additives, for analysis, and in the pharmaceutical industry. All its plants, including its research institute, are ISO4001 and ISO9001 certified, while its Saitama and Ibaraki plants are equipped with buildings that comply with GMP.
Kishida Chemical Co. Ltd., established in 1924 and headquartered in Osaka, Japan, is a manufacturer of reagents and high-purity chemicals and also does drug discovery support activities. Its product portfolio includes fine chemicals, research chemicals, ionic liquid, organic micro-analytical reagents, and chemical reagents for analysis. The products support several industries, including reagent business, battery material, drug discovery, and life science. The company is ISO 14001 certified and supplies several companies worldwide, including Meterion Advanced Chemicals Inc., Acros Organics, ChemBridge Corporation, Decon Laboratories, and InerBioScreen Ltd.
Yogi Dye Chem Industries was founded in 1960 and is based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India as an ISO 9001:2008 certified firm offering a range of inorganic pharmaceutical raw materials. The company’s niche in the chemical industry is in developing pharmaceutical raw materials and bulk drugs. The company is a manufacturer, exporter, and importer of pharmaceutical raw materials including bulk drugs, veterinary feed additives, fine chemicals, and nearly all metallic and inorganic metals.
Nike Chemical India was established in 1992 as a manufacturer of laboratory reagents, solvent, chemicals and instruments based in India. The company's product line includes laboratory reagents, laboratory solvent, industrial chemicals, laboratory Instruments and more, with a state-of-the-art infrastructure setup to support business in a sublime way. Providing a gamut of laboratory products, the company has expanded its export market across the globe, exporting to Zambia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Arabian and other Gulf countries.
Powder Pack Chem was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The company is a manufacturer and exporter of specialty chemicals used in pharmaceuticals, fashion, and beauty products. The company offers hundreds of products available in volumes ranging from 100 grams to 500 kilograms. The company services include providing on-time consignments for customers in need of quick delivery. Chemicals range from acacia gum powder all the way to three variations of zinc sulphate.
Indian Platinum Private Limited (IPP) is a manufacturer of precious metal chemicals, catalysts, and compounds established in 2009. Based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, the company offers various precious metal products including platinum chemicals, gold alloys, and cobalt salts, as well as specialty chemicals such as reagents and acid dyes. These are primarily used by clients in the pharmaceutical, chemical, and jewelry industries, as well as by electroplating and metal finishing service providers. In addition to its products, IPP also offers custom synthesis of metal compounds, as well as waste management and metal recovery services.
Muscat and Barka Business Trading - MBBT is a manufacturer and supplier of chemicals, based in Muscat, Oman, since 1995. The company produces and supplies chemicals that are used as raw materials for various industries for example Per Chloro Ethylene is used as a dry cleaning agent, chemical intermediate, and for metal degreasing and cleaning, and Lead nitrate is used in the manufacturing of Lead paint, matches, and special explosives. They also specialize in petrochemical and industrial solvents and their other chemicals have uses in the pharmaceutical, food, agro-veterinary, and process industries.
Maitry Enterprise, established in 2009 in Gujarat, India, is a manufacturer and supplier of silver chemicals and salts. The company’s product segment includes silver nitrate, silver nitrate powder, silver sulfate, silver oxide, and other silver salts used in pharmaceutical industries for medicinal purposes, as an antibacterial agent & catalyst, in ink and mirror industries as a laboratory reagent, and KSM. Silver oxide is produced for use in the electronic industry for manufacturing silver-oxide batteries and as a chemical compound in optics. Silver salt is produced as a powder for use in mirror making, electroplating, photographic paper, and silver plating.
Millipore Sigma, formerly known as Sigma-Aldrich, was created in 175 through the merger of Sigma Chemical Company and Aldrich Chemical company and today is a subsidiary of Merck. Millipore Sigma is a life science and biotechnology company serving the industry with several products and services. Some of their product categories include peptide synthesis materials, biochemicals, building blocks, catalysts, chemical biology, chemical synthesis, flavors & fragrances, formulation, lab chemicals, lab safety, APIs, and stable isotopes. Services include characterization, contract manufacturing, custom products, software, support, testing, and mRNA development & manufacturing.
Nacalai Tesque Inc., founded in 1846 and headquartered in Kyoto, Japan, is a manufacturer of research chemicals, fine chemicals, diagnostics, and the related instruments. Some of its products include cytokines, nucleic acid electrophoresis, cell dissociation reagents, and sialic acid-related products, and it also offers custom and bulk service for bulk reagents and cell culture media. The company has more than 50 domestic distributors and several worldwide, including Asia, the Middle East, Oceania, Europe, and Africa. It is ISO 9001 and ISO 9002 certified, while the Kyoto South brand and Tesque factory are ISO 14001 certified.
Sky Chem, incorporated in 2014, is a renowned manufacturing company of industrial chemical powders based in India. The company manufactures and supplies of ammonium chloroplatinate powder, ruthenium red powder, silver nitrite powder, and many other similar products. These chemical powders are manufactured in abidance with the chemical industrial standards backed by a well-established manufacturing, R&D, quality testing, and a huge distribution network. They have a well-structured and large inventory that allows them to furnish a qualitative and quantitative range of products.
Celtic Chemicals, Ltd. was established in 1979 and headquartered in Port Talbot, United Kingdom. The company is a producer and trader of many chemical compounds including inorganic metallic salts, biogas, nutritional chemicals, pharmaceutical, and metal finishing for biotech, semiconductor, nutrition, and numerous other industries in laboratories achieved and maintained the standards of ISO 9001-2015 since 1993. Chemical compounds offered by the company are offered in both large quantities and quantities as small as 1 kilogram. For chemicals such as Zinc that require high purity, the company pre-blends micro elements to ensure consistent dispersion across entire batches.
RX Chemicals was founded in Mumbai, India, in 2011. RX Chemicals sells chemical-based products for many sectors including automobile, agriculture, airline, medicine, and accessories. Automobile products include carwash shampoo, compressor cleaner, and interior cleaners. Agricultural products include fungicides, herbicides, and pesticides. Airline products include exterior products such as deicing fluid, as well as interior products such as solvent cleaner. The company also provides a range of services including chemical inspection, logistics, chemical usage supervision, as well as tank cleaning.
Founded in 1981, Central Drug House Ltd. serves the scientific community via manufacturing and marketing a library of over 9,000 products to laboratory fine chemicals and dehydrated culture media with emphasis on purity and service. Examples are acids & bases, adsorbents, disinfectants, indicator papers, oils, and solvents. CDH provides bio chemicals, research chemicals, laboratory reagents, various solvents, stains & indicators, and dehydrated culture media. CDH is ISO 9001 certified and CDHs’ products are in compliance with specifications of IP, BP, USP, and EP standards.
Ranking as of November 2024
Derivation MethodRank | Company | Click Share |
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1 | American Elements |
33.3%
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2 | Stanford Advanced Materials |
25.0%
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3 | Muscat and Barka Business Trading |
8.3%
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4 | MAITRY ENTERPRISE |
8.3%
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5 | Junsei Chemical Co.,Ltd. |
8.3%
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6 | Kishida Chemical Co.,Ltd. |
8.3%
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7 | nacalai |
8.3%
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Derivation Method
The ranking is calculated based on the click share within the silver chloride page as of November 2024. Click share is defined as the total number of clicks for all companies during the period divided by the number of clicks for each company.Number of Employees
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Company with a History
*Including some distributors, etc.
*Including some distributors, etc.
Country | Number of Companies | Share (%) |
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India | 8 | 53.3% |
Japan | 3 | 20.0% |
United States of America | 2 | 13.3% |
Oman | 1 | 6.7% |
United Kingdom | 1 | 6.7% |