Silver Phosphate Ag₃PO₄

Silver phosphate or silver orthophosphate is a light sensitive, yellow, water insoluble chemical compound composed of silver and phosphate ions of formula Ag3PO4.

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APPLICATIONS

As well as being important in analytical chemistry, the precipitation of silver phosphate is also used in silver staining of biological materials (after reduction to silver metal) – as a magnifying agent for phosphate.
Silver phosphate also found use in early photography as a light sensitive agent.