which silver halide is used in disposable cameras?

[the guy]

which silver halide (or other such as nitrate) is used in normal disposable camera film?

[Justonium]

I believe it's silver chloride. I have a little experience in photography, and I remember hearing silver chloride mentioned. Silver chloride slowly, very slowly, decomposes when exposed to light, ultraviolet in particular, into chlorine gas as well as silver metal that is seen as black/dark gray because its crystals are so small. I once made some rudimentary photosensitive paper myself, and all I did was coat ordinary printer paper with silver chloride. It worked brilliantly, although it did require a lengthy exposure time to pick up a good image.

 

EDIT: Cripes, this thread is old!

Edited November 10, 2010 by Justonium