In the resfining of silver , the recovery of silver from silver nitrate solution involved displacement by copper metal . Write down the reaction involved.
In the displcaement reaction, a reactive metal displaces a less reactive metal from its solution, thus during refining of silver from its nitrate solution a more reactive metal cam displace silver depositing pure silver.
The reaction can be written as:
Cu + 2 AgNO3 → 2Ag + Cu(NO3)2.