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Bismuth oxynitrate
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<p>Bismuth oxynitrate is the name applied to a number of compounds that contain <a href="/facts/Bismuth/75FLjkoX">Bi3+</a>, <a href="/facts/Nitrate/5AnVlYnL">nitrate</a> ions and <a href="/facts/Oxide/DXtoVe1C">oxide</a> ions and which can be considered as compounds formed from Bi2O3, N2O5 and H2O. Other names for bismuth oxynitrate include bismuth subnitrate and <a href="/facts/Bismuthyl_(ion)/suUcFpgG">bismuthyl</a> nitrate. In older texts bismuth oxynitrate is often simply described as BiONO3 or basic bismuth nitrate. Bismuth oxynitrate was once called magisterium bismuti or bismutum subnitricum, and was used as a white <a href="/facts/Pigment/I3clCYkF">pigment</a>, in beauty care, and as a gentle <a href="/facts/Disinfectant/33fF2QzG">disinfectant</a> for internal and external use. It is also used to form <a href="/facts/Dragendorff%27s_reagent/ns0g8Raj">Dragendorff's reagent</a>, which is used as a <a href="/facts/TLC_stain/WqVGtKwT">TLC stain</a>. </p>