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Silver nitrate.Silver nitrate is a chemical compound with chemical formula agno3. This nitrate of silver is a light-sensitive ingredient in photographic film.Silver nitrate is used for silver staining, for demonstrating proteins and nucleic acids. For this reason it is also used to demonstrate proteins in page gels. It is also used as a stain in scanning electron microscopy.Silver nitrate is used to prepare some silver-based explosives, such as the fulminate, azide, or acetylide, through a precipitation reaction.Silver nitrate may be used to electroplate metals if solvation in water.Silver nitrate is also called lunar caustic. It is used as a cauterizing agent.The compound notably stains skin a greyish or black color that is made visible after exposure to sunlight.