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What silver solutions will reduce with copper?
« on: November 18, 2024, 06:16:06 PM »
I want to do the silver reducing on copper wire reaction for a stoichiometry lab.  BUT I have no silver nitrate left and our budget is very very small.  I did find silver acetate, silver bromide, silver chloride, silver oxide.  I'm hoping someone can tell me if any of these would work.  I did some reading and could see some problems, but I'm hoping someone can just tell me. 
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Re: What silver solutions will reduce with copper?
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2024, 02:05:42 AM »
Silveracetate would work. The others all more or less not soluble in water.You could try to dissolve silveroxide in nitric acid to produce silver nitrate.  The halogenids can be dissolved in ammonia or Thiosulfate.

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Re: What silver solutions will reduce with copper?
« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2024, 11:39:04 AM »
It depends on the quality of the chemicals, (not much though) and the magnitude of the DC you are putting through the copper wire. But silver acetate should work- with minimal variation from a standard silver nitrate reduction.

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Re: What silver solutions will reduce with copper?
« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2024, 11:41:30 AM »
Does he asking electro less reaction or electrolytical reaction?

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