Silver nitrate is required for the image development in diamine as well as non-diamine silver staining.
In silver staining, silver ions are reduced to metallic silver, thereby giving metallic silver images.
Its also used in the fire assay process
concentration | 2.5 % (w/v) AgNO3 in H2O |
storage temp. | 2-8°C |
SMILES string | [Ag] |
InChI | 1S/Ag.NO3/c;2-1(3)4/q+1;- |
InChI key | SQGYOTSLMSWVJD-UHFFFAOYSA |