Silver nitrate is a compound with many practical and non-practical uses. Like many other compounds, it is very helpful in discovering the many reactions that lie in our seemingly endless periodic table of elements. A few of the categories that utilize this compound are, laboratory work, manufacturing, biology research, medical history, photography, and even the art of ceramics. Silver nitrate has been known by scientists worldwide to be very helpful in detecting the presence of Chlorine, Carbonate, Hydroxide, Sulfide, Phosphate, Bromine and Iodine ions. Chlorine will create a white colour after being exposed to silver nitrate. Bromine will create a pale yellow colour, and Iodine will produce a solid yellow colour. Silver Nitrate is also used
