Silver Nitrate

Products Silver nitrate is available as a pure substance in pharmacies and drugstores. It is used as a medical device in the form of silver nitrate sticks. Structure and properties Silver nitrate (AgNO3, Mr = 169.9 g/mol) exists as colorless, translucent crystals or as a white, crystalline powder. It is odorless and very soluble in … Silver Nitrate

Silver Nitrate Rods

Products A silver nitrate stick looks like a large matchstick with a gray silver nitrate head. Potassium nitrate is included as an excipient. The sticks are commonly used in medical treatment. For example, the sticks are available from Laguba (http://www.laguba.ch). Structure and properties Silver nitrate (AgNO3, Mr = 169.9 g/mol) exists as colorless, translucent crystals … Silver Nitrate Rods

Silver

Products Silver is used as an active pharmaceutical ingredient in creams (e.g., as silver sulfadiazine) and wound dressings, among other products. Some medical devices are also coated with silver. Structure and properties Silver (Ag, Mr = 107.9 g/mol) is a chemical element that exists as a soft, malleable, white, and lustrous transition and noble metal … Silver

Salts

Products Numerous active ingredients and pharmaceutical excipients are present in drugs as salts. They are also present in dietary supplements, in foods, medical devices and cosmetics. Various salts are available as open goods in pharmacies and drugstores. Structure Salts consist of positively and negatively charged atoms or compounds, that is, cations and anions. Together they … Salts

Common Warts

Symptoms Common warts are benign skin growths that occur mainly on the hands and feet. They have a fissured and rough surface, a hemispherical structure and occur singly or in groups. The black dots in the wart are thrombosed blood vessels. Warts on the sole of the foot are called plantar warts or plantar warts. … Common Warts

Potassium Nitrate

Products Potassium nitrate is available as open goods in pharmacies and drugstores. Structure and properties Potassium nitrate (KNO3, Mr = 101.1 g/mol) exists as a white crystalline powder or as colorless crystals. It is slightly soluble in water at room temperature and very soluble in boiling water. Potassium nitrate is odorless, has a cooling salty … Potassium Nitrate