Explain an experiment with a chemical equation to establish that iron is more reactive than silver.

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In a beaker filled with silver nitrate solution, dip a new iron nail. Remove the nail after some time. You will observe that the iron nail is coated with silver. This indicates that iron has displaced silver ions from silver nitrate. Hence, iron is more reactive than silver.
$F e + 2 A g N O_{3} \to F e (N O_{3})_{2} + 2 A g^{+}$

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