Question

What will happen if a strip of copper is kept immersed in the solution of silver nitrate ?

Answer 1

• When a strip of copper metal is immersed in silver nitrate solution, the solution gradually becomes blue and shining due to the formation of copper nitrate.
• In copper strips, a greyish white shining of silver is formed.
• $$\begin{gathered} 2{\mathrm{AgNO}}_3\left(\mathrm{aq}\right)+\mathrm{Cu}\left(\mathrm{s}\right)\to \mathrm{Cu}{\left({\mathrm{NO}}_3\right)}_2\left(\mathrm{aq}\right)+2\mathrm{Ag} \\ \mathrm{Silver}\mathrm{nitrate}\mathrm{Copper}\to \mathrm{Copper}\left(\mathrm{II}\right)\mathrm{nitrate}\mathrm{Silver} \end{gathered}$$