silver nitrate

silver nitrate

n.

A poisonous colorless crystalline compound, AgNO₃, that becomes grayish black when exposed to light in the presence of organic matter and is used in manufacturing photographic film, silvering mirrors, dyeing hair, plating silver, and in medicine as a cautery and antiseptic.

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silver nitrate

n

(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) a white crystalline soluble poisonous substance used in making photographic emulsions, other silver salts, and as a medical antiseptic and astringent. Formula: AgNO₃ See also lunar caustic

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silver nitrate

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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silver nitrate - a nitrate used in making photographic emulsions; also used in medicine as a cautery and as a topical antibacterial agent photographic emulsion, emulsion - a light-sensitive coating on paper or film; consists of fine grains of silver bromide suspended in a gelatin lunar caustic - silver nitrate fused into sticks and formerly used as a caustic caustic - any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue nitrate - any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)