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In the reaction of silver nitrate with copper metal, metallic silver comes out of solution, and the solution turns blue. This as a ________ reactio

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Single displacement reaction.

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In this case, since the reaction between silver nitrate and copper metal is:


2AgNO_3(aq)+Cu(s)\rightarrow 2Ag(s)+Cu(NO_3)_2(aq)

As silver was forming silver nitrate, due to the presence of copper, which has the capacity to displace silver out of the salt, we notice the formation of solid silver and a resulting copper (II) nitrate which is blue in aqueous solution.

Therefore, this is a single displacement reaction, because the the lonely copper displaced the silver.

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