Silver nitrate is an inorganic compound. It is also considered a versatile precursor to several other silver compounds. Silver Nitrate comes in various grades, forms and quantities, like most of the chemicals provided by Spectrum. We are also committed to the highest standards of quality when it comes to customer service, fast shipping, and meeting our customers' needs.
Molecular Formula
Molecular Weight
CAS Number
AgNO3
169.87
7761-88-8
Solubility
Easily soluble in cold water, hot water.
Soluble in diethyl ether.
Very slightly soluble in acetone.
Solubility in water: 122 g/100 ml water @ 0 deg. C.
Solubility in water: 952 g /100 ml water @ 190 deg. C
Solubility in alcohol: 1 g/30 ml alcohol; 1g/ 6.5 ml boiling alcohol.
Solubility in acetone: 1 g/ 253 ml acetone
Reactivity
Sensitive to light.
Incompatible with antimony salts, arsenites, bromides, carbonates, chloarides, iodides, thiocyanates, ferrous salts, hypophosphites, morphine salts, oils, creosote, phosphates, tannic acid, tartrates, vegetable decoctions, and extracts, sodium hydroxide, charcoal, thimerosal, benzalkonium chloride, halogenated acids and their salts. alcohols.
Silver nitrate reacts with acetylene in presence of ammonia to form silver acetylide, a sensitive powerful detonator when dry.
Reaction between silver nitrate and chlorosulfonic acid is violent.
Silver nitrate is reduced by hydrogen sulfide in the dark.
Silver nitrate is easily reduces to metallic silver by ferrous salts, arsenites, hypophosphites, tartrates, sugars, tannins, volatile oils.
