Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Materials Facet
3. Materials (hierarchy name)
4. materials (substances)
5. [materials by composition]
6. inorganic material
7. metal
8. [metal by composition or origin]
9. nonferrous metal
10. [silver, silver compounds, alloys]
11. silver compounds

Anotations

Scope note:

A white, crystalline water-soluble, bitter, corrosive, poisonous powder AgNO3, produced by the reaction of silver and dilute nitric acid. It was chiefly used in the manufacture of photographic emulsions and mirrors.