silver nitrate


nounChemistry, Pharmacology.
  1. a white, crystalline, water-soluble, bitter, corrosive, poisonous powder, AgNO3, produced by the reaction of silver and dilute nitric acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic emulsions and mirrors, as a laboratory reagent, and in medicine as an antiseptic, astringent, and in the routine prophylaxis of ophthalmia neonatorum.

Origin of silver nitrate

1
First recorded in 1880–85

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British Dictionary definitions for silver nitrate

silver nitrate

noun
  1. a white crystalline soluble poisonous substance used in making photographic emulsions, other silver salts, and as a medical antiseptic and astringent. Formula: AgNO 3: See also lunar caustic

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Scientific definitions for silver nitrate

silver nitrate

  1. A poisonous, clear, crystalline compound that darkens when exposed to light. It is used in photography and silver plating, and as an external antiseptic. Chemical formula: AgNO3.

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