| LC control no. | sh 85122640 |
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| Topical heading | Silver nitrate |
| Variant(s) | Caustic, Lunar Lunar caustic Nitrate of silver Nitric acid silver Nitric acid silver salt |
| See also | Nitrates Silver salts |
| Found in | Wikipedia, July 19, 2012 (silver nitrate; an inorganic compound with chemical formula AgNO₃; earlier common name was nitric acid silver; silver nitrate is the least expensive salt of silver; Other names: Nitric acid silver(1+) salt) Collins English dict., c2003, via TheFreeDictionary website, July 19, 2012 (silver nitrate (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; lunar caustic (Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) silver nitrate fused into sticks, which were formerly used in cauterizing) |
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