Silver film

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-013557",
  "term": "Silver film",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "A thin transparent film, such as a liquid soap film, whose thickness is of the order of 100 nanometres, so that seen by reflected white light over a dark backdrop it looks white or silvery. Thicker films show the interference colours of thin plates, and thinner ones turn grey and then black. The appearance lets the film thickness be estimated.",
  "subject": "Physical and Biophysical Chemistry",
  "see_also": [
    "film"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 1972, 31, 577. 'Manual of Symbols and Terminology for Physicochemical Quantities and Units, Appendix II: Definitions, Terminology and Symbols in Colloid and Surface Chemistry' on page 614 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac197231040577)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/silver-film/"
}