8505. Silver Acetate

Nomenclature

CAS number: 563-63-3
C2H3AgO2; mol wt 166.91.
C 14.39%, H 1.81%, Ag 64.63%, O 19.17%.
CH3COOAg.

Properties

White to slightly grayish, lustrous needles or cryst powder. d 3.26. Sol in 100 parts of cold water, 35 parts of boiling water; freely sol in dil nitric acid. Protect from light.

Use

Oxidizing agent for use in liquid ammonia: Kline, Kershner, Inorg. Chem. 5, 932 (1966).