Recap - Copper and Silver

Part of the Oxidation and Reduction section of Coddy's Chemistry journey. Lesson 26 of 27.

Challenge

A student hangs a copper wire in silver nitrate solution. Shiny silver crystals grow on the wire and the solution turns blue:

Cu + 2Ag⁺ → Cu²⁺ + 2Ag

At the end, $1.27\ \mathrm{g}$ of copper has dissolved, mCu. What mass of silver, mAg, formed? (Cu, 63.5 g/mol; Ag, 108 g/mol)

Try it yourself

Solve for $m_{Ag}$

All lessons in Oxidation and Reduction

1Electron Transfer

4Metals and Reactivity

2Redox Reactions

5Electrochemistry

3Half-Equations

6Practice Problems