When a strip of red-brown metal X is placed in a colourless salt solution YNO3 then metal Y is set free and a blue coloured salt solution XNO3H is formed. The liberated metal Y forms a shining white deposit on the strip of metal X.

(a) What do you think metal X is?


(b) Name the salt YNO3.


(c) What could be metal Y?


(d) Name the salt X(NO3)2.


(e) What type of reaction takes place between metal X and salt solution YNO3?

(a) Metal X is Copper.

(b) Salt YNO3 is Silver Nitrate.


(c) Metal Y is Silver.


(d) Name of salt X(NO3)2 is Copper nitrate.


(e) Displacement reaction takes place.


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