Talk:Silver nitrate

message: Cultural References: Wilkie Collins "Poor Miss Finch"  c. 1872, refences 19th century medicinal/pharmacological usage of Nitrate of Silver for the treatment of Epilepsy, and the subsequent skin darkening.98.218.242.196 (talk) 06:47, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

message: Silver nitrate reacts EXPLOSIVELY with ethanol! Why is it listed as soluble!
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ed063p1016.1  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.6.90.149 (talk) 21:47, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Major Safety Issue with Page! 

message: My Dr. used silver nitrate on me yesterday during a routine visit.  I just had stomach surgery and the scar had to be reopened.  the portion that was reopened was not healing as wished so with a little silver nitrate on the scar things are looking well.  
ANTHONY  24 JULY 2007
I had firsthand experience this morning that silver nitrate is still used as a cauterizing agent in the US--I updated the article from past tense to present tense.
*agreed.  Last night a doctor used it to cauterize a pyogenic granuloma growth on my foot. Definately still in use --Brian (How am I doing?) 12:32, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Current use 

message: is it toxic or not? article has contradiction.
there is plenty of info concerning acute toxicity of silver nitrate. for crede-prophylaxis (gonorrhoea prevention) only some drops of a diluited silver-nitrate solution are used, and its use has been shown to be effective and safe. Today, here in Germany, the crede-prophylaxis is used only rarely. I can nor find any contradiction.
michael Redecke 11:26, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I have to agree, one second this article says it is a good, safe thing to put onto open wounds, babies eyes, and mouth ulcers, and then it says that it is extremely poisonous, what one is it? --UltraMagnus (talk) 23:39, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

text: Reworded the relevant sections to make this clearer. The silver nitrate used for preventing gonorrhea and for cauterizing wounds is in a dilute solution. In concentrated forms, it is very toxic and dangerous. In itself, silver nitrate is quite toxic, which is why it is effective at preventing gonorrhea in the first place (it kills off the germs that cause the infection). However, this is only beneficial when used in dilute solutions; if too much is used (the "incorrect dosage" referred to in the article), it will not only kill off the germs but also kill off enough of your body cells (and do other things, like leave a silver deposit) to cause problems, such as blindness and other side-effects. This property is one of the reasons it has been replaced by antibiotics, which have less severe side-effects.—Tetracube (talk) 20:52, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  contradiction toxicity 

message: Does Silver nitrate have a distinct odor at any concentration? --NEMT 17:28, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Odor? 

message: "Sometimes dropped into newborn babies' eyes to preven t contraction of gonorrhea"
Is that true? that soudns quite freaky and weird.  In fact, it is a corrosive sustance, how come it's dropped into the eyes? And of a new born?
Also, Gonorreha is a veneral illness, i don't believe it can be cured or even prevented by doing some wierd thing with a corrosive sustenca in the eye.  IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE!!!!
:http://pregnancy.about.com/library/dic/bldefsilvernitrate.htm^found on google in under ten seconds --NEMT 02:11, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  In the eyes? 

message: How is AgNo3 so toxic in the body?   What does it do?  Does it stop the heart or something? 71.168.108.66 18:30, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  As little as 2 grams is fatal? 

message: in the holywood film Underworld, the use of silver nitrate was shown in bullets (against warewolfs), and it was show that when silver nitrate got mixed with blood, it starts crystalizing it, and thus a victum dies , wanna know is it true if we analyze it scientifically ?????
Mohammad Adil 19:36, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sadly (or possibly gladly, depending) werewolves aren't real, and as such, we don't know what a werewolf's blood would be made of. --uǝʌǝsʎʇɹnoɟʇs 18:39, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well what happens when it's injected into a human's bloodstream? 75.165.5.155 04:03, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The question is arbitrary and has no significance outside of the context of this movie you mention.  Therefore the answer to this question is unencyclopedic.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.170.73.215 (talk) 01:17, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is it true about silver nitrate ????? 

message: Silver nitrate on the skin only turns dark after exposure to sunlight, as per personal experience.  I had the whitish effect on my hand for over 8 hours and it only darkened after I went into the sun.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nerefir (talk • contribs) 20:00, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Darkening effect 

message: After an initial false start (silver nitrate as a disinfectant), Kelseymflanagan has written an essay: disinfection with silver nitrate. Someone with knowledge please check it. — RHaworth (Talk | contribs) 17:53, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Disinfection

message: Propose merger: merge the article disinfection with silver nitrate with this article as there is no need for a separate article about a single use for the compound which can be covered in this article.Theseeker4 (talk) 18:35, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Although the new merged Safety section needs a rewrite, now.--Aervanath lives in the Orphanage 06:04, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: merge proposal

message: In the recent edit to the section "Preparation", the chemical equation is unbalanced because there are 2 atoms Ag one the reactant side and 4 on the product side
I think it was right before. Nat2 (talk) 23:17, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Preparation section 

message: Watch out for these dumbasses. They've already added dubious info and linked it to one of their charlatan companies. 
I've removed this part:
"Since that time, as antibiotic-resistant microorganisms have emerged, interest in using the silver ion for anti-microbial purposes has resumed." (info taken from www.silver-colloids.com/Pubs/history-silver.html)
It's obvious what are they trying to do. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Endimion17 (talk • contribs) 11:04, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Colloidal silver crackpots 

message: The NFPA Diamond information on this page is for Silver Sulfate. Silver Nitrate has a hazard rating of Health = 2, Flammability = 0, Reactivity = 0, and Specific Hazard = none.http://www.sciencelab.com/msds.php?msdsId=9927411  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.91.99.211 (talk) 23:01, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  NFPA Diamond Error 

message: they appear to be roughly duplicate Aera23 (talk) 13:00, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is citation 15 and 16 duplicate?