Question

Write the skeleton equation for the reaction which occurs when a solution of silver nitrate reacts with copper metal to produce silver metal and copper (II) nitrate: You will need to include the state of each substance

Answer 1

This reaction can be expressed as a word equation: copper + silver nitrate → silver + copper nitrate You can replace each part of the word equation by a chemical formula: Cu + AgNO3 → Ag + Cu(NO3)2 Looking at both sides of this equation, you can see that it is not balanced.