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Is zinc and silver the same?

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no, zinc is a mineral, silver is not

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What is silver plated zinc?

it is zinc plated in silver


What zinc and silver nitrate make?

Zinc Nitrate + Silver (Displacement Reaction= Zinc is more reactive than Silver)


Will zinc react in silver nitrate solution.why?

Yes zinc will react to form zinc nitrate and silver.


Can silver displace zinc from its salt solution?

If the zinc salt is soluble and the analogous silver salt is not, silver will displace the zinc as the silver salt precipitates out. For example, zinc chloride is soluble, but the solubility of silver chloride is very low. If silver nitrate is added to a zinc chloride solution, silver chloride will precipitate out, leaving zinc nitrate in solution.


Zinc metal is added to a solution of silver nitrate?

Zinc nitrate and silver are formed. Silver gets precipitated.


What happens to zinc when dipped in silver nitrate?

Parts of the zinc near its interface with an aqueous solution of silver nitrate dissolve into zinc cations in the soution, and the corresponding electrical charge of silver cations is reduced to metallic silver, usually adhering to the surface of the remaining zinc.


Where is zinc Mined in Australia?

Zinc is always found in combination with lead and silver. The largest lead-zinc-silver mine in Australia is Mount Isa, producing about 4.5 million tonnes silver-lead-zinc ore per annum with concentrations of: 154g/t silver 5.4% lead 6.5% zinc


What industrial by-product has become a valuable commodity?

A lot of industrial byproducts are valuable commodities. For instance, two byproducts of silver smelting are lead and zinc because lead, zinc and silver are all found in the same ore.


Which is the least metallic zinc iron silver or cadmium?

zinc


What happens when silver nitrate solution is stored in zinc vessel?

Some of the silver ions from the silver nitrate solution are deposited as metallic silver on the contacted parts of the zinc vessel and are replaced by half as many zinc ions in the solution.


Why is zinc used in desilverisation of lead?

zinc is lighter than lead hence it forms the upper layer and distribute the ratio of silver in between zinc and silver is 300


Why does ag not reaplace zn form znso4 solution?

You should have somewhere a list called the Activity Series. Zinc is a more active metal than silver, meaning that zinc will replace silver in a compound, but silver will not replace zinc.