To extract silver from a silver nitrate solution, copper is used. Explain how this happens, and write a word equation for the reaction.
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The silver nitrate reacts with copper to form hairlike crystals of silver metal and a blue solution of copper nitrate: 2 AgNO3 + Cu → Cu(NO3)2 + 2 Ag. Silver nitrate decomposes when heated: 2 AgNO3(l) → 2 Ag(s) + O2(g) + 2 NO2(g)
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