These Silver Nitrate Crystals are produced to 99.9% purity and prepared specifically for high quality photographic applications. Whether you are working with wet plate collodion, coating your own silver gelatin emulsions, or creating traditional alternative process prints such as salt prints, Van Dyke brown, or argyrotype, this premium grade silver nitrate delivers consistent and reliable results.
Its exceptional clarity and purity ensure clean sensitising baths for wet plate photography, predictable reaction with halides when making silver gelatin emulsions, and beautifully sharp prints in classic contact printing processes. The crystals dissolve easily in distilled water, allowing you to prepare sensitising solutions, emulsions, or printing chemistry with full control over concentration and workflow.
For wet plate collodion artists, it can be helpful to know how much silver nitrate is typically used in a standard sensitising bath. A common practice is to prepare a 9 to 10 percent silver nitrate bath, which means 90 to 100 grams of silver nitrate dissolved in 1 liter of distilled water. Smaller setups such as half-liter, used for 4×5 and 5×7 Zebra Sensitising Tanks, require up to 50g of Silver nitrate dor example. This gives photographers a clear idea of how much silver nitrate they may need to order depending on plate size and the number of baths they maintain.
This is the perfect choice for artists, historical process practitioners, and darkroom photographers who require dependable quality for their handmade photographic work.
Features
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99.9% pure silver nitrate, finest photographic grade
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Ideal for wet plate collodion sensitising baths
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Excellent for silver gelatin emulsion making
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Perfect for salt printing, Van Dyke, argyrotype, and other alternative processes
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High purity ensures clean reactions and predictable results
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Dissolves easily in distilled water
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Suitable for darkroom, laboratory, and historical photographic practice
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Consistent quality for professional and artistic workflows
