SILVER NITRITE Chemical Properties

Melting point:

140 °C (lit.)

Density 

4.453 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

solubility 

insoluble in ethanol; reacts with acid solutions

form 

Powder and Agglomerates

Specific Gravity

4.453

color 

Yellow-green

Water Solubility 

Soluble in hot water.Insoluble in ethanol.

Sensitive 

Light Sensitive

Merck 

14,8519

Solubility Product Constant (Ksp)

pKsp: 3.22

Exposure limits

ACGIH: TWA 0.01 mg/m3
NIOSH: IDLH 10 mg/m3; TWA 0.01 mg/m3

Stability:

Stable. Oxidizer - contact with combustible material may cause fire.

CAS DataBase Reference

7783-99-5(CAS DataBase Reference)

EPA Substance Registry System

Nitrous acid, silver(1+) salt (7783-99-5)

Safety Information

Hazard Codes 

O,Xn,N

Risk Statements 

8-22-36/38-50/53

Safety Statements 

26-45-60-61

RIDADR 

UN 2627 5.1/PG 2

WGK Germany 

3

F 

8

TSCA 

Yes

HazardClass 

5.1

PackingGroup 

III

HS Code 

28432900

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SILVER NITRITE Usage And Synthesis

Chemical Properties

powder

Uses

Silver nitrite is used in the silver plating process, hair dye, inks, permanent marker pens and determination of chloride ions in water and drilling fluids. It is used as Tollen?s reagent and used in the formation of aniline and nitro compounds in victor mayer reactions.

Uses

For preparation of standard NaNO2 solution for water analysis; preparation of aliphatic nitro-compounds; as reagent for primary, secondary, and tertiary alcohols.

Hazard

Highly toxic.

Purification Methods

Crystallise the salt from hot conductivity water (70mL/g) in the dark. Dry it in the dark under vacuum. [Glemser & Sauer in Handbook of Preparative Inorganic Chemistry (Ed. Brauer) Academic Press Vol I p 1048 1963.]

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