Reaction between copper and silver nitrate

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Reaction between copper and silver nitrate

• copper silver nitrate ? copper(II) nitrate
  silver
• Cu 2AgNO3 ? Cu(NO3)2 2Ag
• Identify the particles represented on the
  handout. Annotate the diagrams to explain what is
  happening.

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Before
For simplicity the water particles (molecules)
are not shown
Silver particles moving in the silver nitrate
solution
Nitrate particles moving in the silver nitrate
solution
Copper particles (atoms) in solid copper
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After
For simplicity the water particles (molecules)
are not shown
Some copper particles havedissolved and are
moving in thesolution (now copper nitrate
solution)
Nitrate particles have not changed and remain in
the solution
Silver particles (atoms) have been displaced
from solution and nowform a crystal of solid
silver