Silver nitrate
Silver nitrate is a silver salt with powerful germicidal activity. It is a colorless or white crystalline solid becoming black on exposure to light or organic material. Silver nitrate is a highly soluble, essentially toxic and easily restored to metal silver, which is used to produce silver compounds, silver mirrors, and inks.
Chemical Name | Silver(I) nitrate, Silver nitrate |
Appearance | colorless solid |
Odor | odorless |
Melting Point | 209.7 °C |
CAS No. | 7761-88-8 |
Solubility | Soluble in acetone ammonia, ether, glycerol |
Acidity | 4 |
Density | 4.35 g/cm3 (24 °C) |
Molar mass | 169.87 g·mol−1 |
EC Number | 231-853-9 |