Whenever silver is in the presence of certain sulphur compounds, particularly hydrogen sulphide.
The reaction between silver sulfide and hydrochloric acid will produce silver chloride and hydrogen sulfide gas. Silver sulfide will react with hydrochloric acid to form silver chloride, which is a white solid precipitate, and hydrogen sulfide gas will be released in the reaction.
This is a chemical reaction where silver metal reacts with sulfur in the air to form silver sulfide. The silver sulfide appears as a darker tarnish on the surface of the silver metal due to the formation of the compound.
Ag2S is the chemical formula for silver sulfide, a compound made of silver and sulfur. It is a black solid that is insoluble in water. Silver sulfide is commonly found in nature as a mineral called acanthite.
Silver sulfide is not soluble in water. It is an insoluble compound that will not dissolve or dissociate in water to form ions.
The black tarnish on silver is silver sulfide, Ag2S. Presumably you are boiling silver in a metal pot. The salt water completes an electrochemical cell between the silver sulfide and the aluminum, copper, or iron pot. The oxidized silver in silver sulfide is reduced to silver metal, and part of the metal pot is oxidized; the reaction happens because silver wants to be reduced more than the other metals do. You might imagine that as the metal is oxidized it would become iron, copper, or aluminum sulfide, but the metal sulfides, especially aluminum sulfide, are not so stable. Aluminum sulfide hydrolyzes to aluminum hydroxides and hydrogen sulfide, H2S, the stinky gas, which is probably what you are calling "sulfur".
The Roman numeral for silver in silver sulfide is I, as silver has a +1 oxidation state in this compound. Thus, the correct name for silver sulfide is silver(I) sulfide.
The tarnishing of silver is due to a reaction with hydrogen sulfide. Because the end result of the tarnish is silver sulfide, it is a chemical change.
The word equation for the formation of silver sulfide when silver reacts with sulfur is: Silver + Sulfur -> Silver Sulfide.
Silver sulfide is an ionic compound, and is not a metal.
The formula of silver sulfide is Ag2S.
The compound formula for silver and sulfur is Ag2S. This means that for every one atom of silver, there are two atoms of sulfur in the compound. Silver sulfide is a chemical compound that forms when silver and sulfur combine.
Silver sulfide is typically black or gray in color.