Potassium iodide is a salt made up of the minerals potassium (K) and iodine (I). Its chemical formula is “KI.” Potassium iodide is a medication and, when used properly, it can help protect the ...

Experts use silver iodide because its structure is very similar to natural ice crystals. When they put silver iodide in the top part of a growing cloud, the silver iodide crystal grows quickly ...

Scientists have observed yet another type of magnetism for the first time within a lab-made crystal, promising to drive ...

“It turns out that silver iodide has a molecular structure that's very similar to ice,” says University of Wyoming atmospheric scientist Jeff French, who studies cloud seeding.