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Silver nitrate

99.995% trace metals basis

Synonym(s):

Nitric acid silver(I) salt

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Linear Formula:
AgNO3
CAS Number:
7761-88-8
Molecular Weight:
169.87
MDL number:
MFCD00003414
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
NACRES:
NA.23

vapor density

5.8 (vs air)

Quality Level

200

Assay

99.995% trace metals basis

form

solid

mp

212 °C (dec.) (lit.)

SMILES string

[O-][N+]([O-])=O.[Ag+]

InChI

1S/Ag.NO3/c;2-1(3)4/q+1;-1

InChI key

SQGYOTSLMSWVJD-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Silver nitrate is a white crystalline salt, and it is less light-sensitive than other silver halides.. It can simply be produced by dissolving silver in nitric acid and then evaporating the solution.

Application

Silver nitrate can be used:
  • As a lithium storage material for lithium-ion batteries due to its lithiation/delithiation behavior.
  • To fabricate Ag decorated rGO electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction in zinc air batteries.
  • As an electron sacrificial reagent for overall water splitting reaction.
  • As a precursor to tune the shape of gold nanoparticles.
  • To prepare silver vanadium oxide cathode material for batteries.

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H272,H290,H314,H360D,H410

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Eye Dam. 1 - Met. Corr. 1 - Ox. Sol. 2 - Repr. 1B - Skin Corr. 1A

Storage Class Code

5.1B - Oxidizing hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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Silver decorated reduced graphene oxide as electrocatalyst for zinc--air batteries
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ENERGIES, 13, 462-462 (2020)
Lithiation/delithiation behavior of silver nitrate as lithium storage material for lithium-ion batteries
Peng Li, et al.
ACS sustainable chemistry & engineering, 5, 5686-5693 (2017)
Silver vanadium oxides and related battery applications
Kenneth J. Takeuchi
Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 219-221, 283-310 (2001)
Understanding the role of AgNO3 concentration and seed morphology in the achievement of tunable shape control in gold nanostars
Supriya Atta, et al.
Nanoscale, 11, 2946-2958 (2019)
Water oxidation of visible-light-responsive bismuth-yttrium oxychloride promoted by a dual-ion doping strategy for assembly of Z-scheme overall water splitting
Mingxu Hu, et al.
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 10, 16541-16546 (2022)

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