I am trying to find out about silver nitrate, so if you have any information on that, I would really appreciate it. Practically all nitrates are powerful oxidising agents. Nitrates may explode when shocked, exposed to heat or flame or by spontaneous chemical reaction. Ammonium nitrate has all the properties of the other nitrates, but is also able to detonate by itself under certain conditions. It is therefore high explosive, although very insensitive to impact and difficult to detonate.
Silver nitrate is colourless and odourless.
It is commercially available as transparent, tabular, rhombic crystals. It becomes grey or greyish-black on exposure to light in the presence of organic matter. It is not photosensitive when it is pure. Silver nitrate is a strong oxidising agent. It is caustic and irritating to skin, tissue and mucous membranes.