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If copper displaces silver from silver nitrate...
« on: March 30, 2009, 09:00:32 PM »
 If copper displaces silver from silver nitrate, will silver displace copper from copper(II) nitrate? Explain your reasoning
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Re: If copper displaces silver from silver nitrate...
« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2009, 05:56:39 AM »
The displacement reactions occur according to the reactivity series and as Cu is placed above Ag in the series, silver cannot displace it.
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Re: If copper displaces silver from silver nitrate...
« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2009, 06:48:34 AM »
Quote from: ilc101 on March 30, 2009, 09:00:32 PM
If copper displaces silver from silver nitrate, will silver displace copper from copper(II) nitrate? Explain your reasoning

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