AgNO3
Silver nitrate · Lunar caustic
Silver nitrate is a versatile inorganic compound that serves as a fundamental precursor for many other silver-based materials. It is widely utilized in chemical synthesis, photography, and various medical applications due to its reactive nature and antimicrobial properties.
Key Properties
Cross-validated computational properties for Silver nitrate, aggregated across 4 databases.
Band GapEnergy needed to move an electron from the valence band to the conduction band. Lower or zero values tend to behave more metallic; larger gaps are more insulating or semiconducting.
Energy Above HullThermodynamic distance from the most stable set of competing phases. 0 eV/atom is on the convex hull; small positive values may still be experimentally accessible.
StabilityA plain-language summary of the best reported energy-above-hull result. It reflects whether the lowest-energy structure is on, near, or far from the stability hull.
StructuresCount of reported calculated crystal structures for this formula, including alternate polymorphs, source databases, and observed space groups.
Reported Structures
Lowest-energy structures reported for AgNO3, ranked by energy above hull.
| Space GroupSymmetry classification of the crystal arrangement. The number is the international space-group index. | Crystal SystemBroad lattice family, such as cubic, tetragonal, monoclinic, or triclinic, derived from unit-cell symmetry. | Band Gap (eV)Electronic gap calculated for this specific reported structure, measured in electronvolts. | E above hull (eV/atom)Thermodynamic distance from the convex hull for this structure, normalized per atom. Lower is generally more stable. | E/atom (eV)Computed total energy normalized per atom. Use energy above hull, not this value alone, when comparing stability. | Density (g/cm³)Mass per relaxed crystal volume, reported in grams per cubic centimeter. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R3c (No. 161) | trigonal | 1.85 | 0.0000 | -5.886 | 4.51 |
| Pbca (No. 61) | orthorhombic | 2.01 | 0.0024 | -5.883 | 4.53 |
| P212121 (No. 19) | orthorhombic | 2.00 | 0.0050 | -5.881 | 4.20 |
| R3m (No. 160) | trigonal | 1.72 | 0.0312 | -5.855 | 4.21 |
| R3m (No. 160) | — | — | — | — | — |
| R3c (No. 161) | Trigonal | — | — | — | 4.36 |
| R3c (No. 161) | Trigonal | — | — | — | 4.14 |
| R3c (No. 161) | Trigonal | — | — | — | 4.20 |
| R3m (No. 160) | — | — | — | — | — |
| R3m (No. 160) | Trigonal | — | — | — | 4.44 |
| P1 (No. 1) | — | — | — | — | — |
| R3m (No. 160) | Trigonal | — | — | — | 4.21 |
Applications
Where Silver nitrate is used.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Silver nitrate, answered from cross-validated data.
What is AgNO3?
Silver nitrate is a versatile inorganic compound that serves as a fundamental precursor for many other silver-based materials. It is widely utilized in chemical synthesis, photography, and various medical applications due to its reactive nature and antimicrobial properties.
What is AgNO3 used for?
What is the band gap of AgNO3?
Is AgNO3 a metal, semiconductor, or insulator?
Is AgNO3 thermodynamically stable?
What is the crystal structure of AgNO3?
What is the density of AgNO3?
How many polymorphs of AgNO3 are known?
What elements does AgNO3 contain?
Where does the data for AgNO3 come from?
Data sources & attribution
- materials_project — Data from the Materials Project. Cite: Jain et al., APL Materials 1, 011002 (2013).
- nomad — Data from NOMAD. Cite: Draxl & Scheffler, J. Phys. Mater. 2, 036001 (2019).
- mpaloe — Data from mpaloe.
- jarvis — Data from JARVIS (NIST). Cite: Choudhary et al., npj Comp. Mater. 6, 173 (2020).
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