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Blue colour of copper nitrate is destroyed when silver coil is placed in a beaker of copper II nitrate

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The solid copper reacts with the silver nitrate solution (in water) to produce solid silver and copper nitrate. This is called a redox reaction. The copper gives up 2 electrons (oxidized) and transfers them to 2 silver ions to produce solid silver (reduction).

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