Nomenclature
CAS number: 506-64-9
CAgN; mol wt 133.89.
C 8.97%, Ag 80.56%, N 10.46%.
AgCN.
Properties
White or grayish, odorless powder; stable in dry
air; darkens on exposure to light; dec at 320°. Poisonous. d 3.95. Insol in water, alcohol, or dil acids. Sol in alkali cyanides
and in boiling concd nitric acid; converted by dil HCl into hydrocyanic
acid and silver chloride; sparingly sol in dil, more in concd ammonia.
Protect from light.Use
For silver plating; formerly used for extemporaneous
prepn of dil hydrocyanic acid by treatment with HCl.