Silver nitrate
ALDRICH/204390 - 99.9999% trace metals basis
Synonym: Nitric acid silver(I) salt
CAS Number: 7761-88-8
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): AgNO3
Molecular Weight: 169.87
EC Number: 231-853-9
MDL Number: MFCD00003414
Linear Formula: AgNO3
Product Type: Chemical
| application(s) | PEM fuel cells homogeneous catalyst material synthesis precursor |
| assay | 99.9999% trace metals basis |
| form | crystalline |
| solid | |
| impurities | ≤1.5 ppm Trace Metal Analysis |
| InChI | 1S/Ag.NO3/c;2-1(3)4/q+1;- |
| InChI key | SQGYOTSLMSWVJD-UHFFFAOYSA |
| mp | 212 °C (dec.) (lit.) |
| Quality Level | 200 ![]() |
| reaction suitability | core: silver |
| SMILES string | [O-][N+]([O-])=O.[Ag+] |
| vapor density | 5.8 (vs air) |
| Application: | Silver nitrate can be used as:• An activator in Ni-P coating of fly-ash cenosphere particles by the electroless method. • A silver precursor to prepare Ag–TiO2 nanomaterials applicable in the photocatalytic degradation of rhodamine 6G dye molecule. It can also be used as a catalyst in the:• Hydrolytic oxidation of organosilanes to generate hydrogen. • Oxidation of a variety of aldehydes to corresponding carboxylic acids in the presence of H2O2 as an oxidizer. |
| General description: | Silver nitrate is a water-soluble silver salt used as a precursor to prepare silver-containing nanomaterials or complexes. |
| Packaging: | 1 g in glass insert |
| Packaging: | 10, 50, 250 g in poly bottle |
| Packaging: | 2 kg in poly bottle |
| Symbol | ![]() ![]() GHS03,GHS05,GHS09 |
| Signal word | Danger |
| Hazard statements | H272 - H290 - H314 - H410 |
| Precautionary statements | P210 - P260 - P273 - P280 - P303 + P361 + P353 - P305 + P351 + P338 |
| Hazard Codes | O,C,N |
| Risk Statements | 8-34-50/53 |
| Safety Statements | 26-36/37/39-45-60-61 |
| RIDADR | UN 1493 5.1 / PGII |
| WGK Germany | WGK 3 |
| Flash Point(F) | Not applicable |
| Flash Point(C) | Not applicable |
| Purity | 99.9999% trace metals basis |
| mp | 212 °C (dec.) (lit.) |
| UNSPSC | 12352302 |




