Question

ankit has a copper wire which he wounds around a pencil Now he dips the pencil in a test tube half filled with silver nitrate solution. he now leaves the test tube standing for an hour without disturbing it .
1. what will ankit observe
2.name and define the reactionthat is occuring in relation to silver in the activity series
3.what is the position of copper in relation to silver in the activity series.
4. what will happen if silver nitrate solution is replaced by lead nitrate solution in this experiment.

Answer 1

1. copper will displace silver and solution colour will change to blue
2. Substitution reaction
3. copper is placed above silver in reactivity series
4. No reaction, copper cannot displace lead