Formation of Silver crystals

2 AgNO3(aq) + Cu(s) → Cu(NO3)2(aq) + 2 Ag(s)

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[sinkoonsouth]

too bad silver nitrate is expensive

[Hemitris]

you cant "make" silver, you need silver to make silver nitrate, the copper coil is just "pulling out" the silver from the solution in a single replacement reaction. The silver nitrate solution is also very expensive to buy. It's in fact more expensive to make the solution yourself than to buy the solution, so there's no way you can profit from the reaction lol.

[skateboy159]

why mine silver when u can make it ^_^

[Hemitris]

@Ninja9191 Yup, I am now taking AP chemistry haha. Wow, two years, alot has went on. It's true that we don't really "make" anything in the creation sense, but we can combine existing elements to form new molecules with new properties.

[Ninja9191]

@Hemitris true, but then again, we can't make anything. Chemistry is jus moving stuff from A to B to form something else. It's art haha. i now realize your comment is 2 years old

[MrPilotstyle]

I find the description so.....accessable.

[Chmielok]

It is great when you have CuSO4 and a more reactive metal like zinc.

[witeflight]

@Hemitris Thats true! No such thing as alchemy!

[Backyardfireworks]

what can you do with the silver crystals? are they forgeable?

[kyle7ss]

this most be pre bill nye

[Hemitris]

that stuff burns ur hand...