Single replacement reaction

Chemistry Level 1

What is the solid precipitate resulting from the following reactants?

A g N O X 3 (aq) + C u (s) \ce{AgNO3}\text{(aq)} \ce{+} \ce{Cu}\text{(s)}

Copper Silver nitrate Silver Copper nitrate

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Daniel Like
Feb 12, 2016

Copper is more active than Silver and thus replaces it, forming Copper Nitrate and Silver. Because all cations with nitrate are soluble in water, Copper Nitrate ends up dissolved in the aqueous solution and the Silver, which is insoluble, ends up as a precipitate.

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