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Silver nitrate   /sˈɪlvər nˈaɪtrˌeɪt/   Listen
Silver nitrate

noun
1.
A nitrate used in making photographic emulsions; also used in medicine as a cautery and as a topical antibacterial agent.





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"Silver nitrate" Quotes from Famous Books



... reactive is the bromine atom in this compound, that the estimation may be accurately made by titration with silver nitrate according to Volhard's process, the crystals for this purpose being dissolved ...
— Researches on Cellulose - 1895-1900 • C. F. Cross
... answered with deliberation. "Did you ever hear that writing in quinoline will appear blue, but will soon fade away, while other writing in silver nitrate and ammonia, invisible at first, after a few hours appears black? You wrote on those certificates in sympathetic ink that fades, I in ink that comes ...
— Constance Dunlap • Arthur B. Reeve


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