Will silver nitrate react with a stainless steel container?

Subject: Will silver nitrate react with a stainless steel container?

Date: Mon Feb 8 11:29:14 2010
Posted by Mark
Grade level: 10-12 School: Marana High School
City: Tucson State/Province: Arizona Country: USA
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 1265653754.Ch

Message:


We are doing wet-plate collodian photography in our advanced photo class.  We 
want to make a sensitizing tank for the silver nitrate solution from stainless 
steel, (usually, they are made from glass or plexiglass).  Would stainless 
steel react with the silver nitrate solution?

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