Abstract:In this study ,under the treatment of nitric acid and hydrochloric acid ,thiosulfate complex and ion in the waste fixer samples were completely decomposed .The adding of aqueous ammonia ,silver ,and ammonia generated very stable silver ammonia complex ion .To determine silver content in waste fixative , the atomic absorption spectrophotometric method was used .The relative standard deviation of this method was less than 3, and the standard addition recoveries were between 96 .2, -102 .4, .