silver nitrate

Cauterizing medical compound

Silver nitrate is a chemical compound of silver, nitrogen, and oxygen, forming colorless crystals that darken when exposed to light.

This property made it essential to early photography.

It remains used in medicine as a cauterizing agent, in laboratories as a reagent, and in producing mirrors and indelible inks.

photography

emulsion

Blended immiscible liquids

negative · print · developing · latent image · exposure · grain · fixer · contrast · enlarger · safelight

medical

cauterization

Burning tissue medically

warts · umbilical · eschar · hemostatic · astringent · verruca · skin lesion · eye drops · burns · scarring

compound

nitric acid

Corrosive HNO₃ compound

aqueous solution · soluble · oxidizing agent · chemical formula · synthesis · titration · analytical chemistry · halides · anions · cations

staining

histology

Study of tissue structure

biopsy · impregnation · spirochetes · basement membrane · pathology · fixative · slide · specimen

Categories
Opposites
acid-base chemistry

silver nitratesodium hydroxide

Corrosive alkaline compound

potassium hydroxide · ammonia · lye · caustic soda · base

photosensitivity/reactivity

silver nitratesodium chloride

NaCl compound

titanium dioxide

Family

silver, silvery, silverware, silvered, silvering, nitrate, silversmith, silverfish, silviculture

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G