Silver oxide
- Formula: AgO
 - Hill system formula: Ag1O1
 - CAS registry number: [1301-96-8]
 - Formula weight: 123.868
 - Class: oxide
 - Colour: grey
 - Appearance: crstalline solid
 - Melting point: >100°C (decomposes to Ag and oxygen gas)
 - Boiling point:
 - Density: 7500 kg m-3
 
The following are some synonyms of silver oxide:
- silver oxide
 - silver (I, III) oxide
 - Dirasil
 - argentic oxide
 - silver peroxide
 
The oxidation number of silver in silver oxide is 1, 3.
Synthesis
Not available
Solid state structure
- Geometry of silver:
 - Prototypical structure:
 

Element analysis
The table shows element percentages for AgO (silver oxide).
| Element | % | 
|---|---|
| Ag | 87.08 | 
| O | 12.92 | 
Isotope pattern for AgO
The chart below shows the calculated isotope pattern for the formula AgO with the most intense ion set to 100%.
References
The data on these compounds pages are assembled and adapted from the primary literature and several other sources including the following.
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 - R.W.G. Wyckoff, in Crystal Structures, volume 1, Interscience, John Wiley & Sons, 1963.
 - A.R.West in Basic solid state chemistry Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
 - A.F. Wells in Structural inorganic chemistry, 4th edition, Oxford, UK, 1975.
 - J.D.H. Donnay, (ed.) in Crystal data determinative tables, ACA monograph number 5, American Crystallographic Association, USA, 1963.
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