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 |
