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Title: Metal displacement question
Post by: Perseus000 on October 09, 2020, 12:14:16 PM

Hi,
I just have a basic question about metal displacement.
If I dissolve copper with some iron in nitric acid to purify and separate them which makes Copper nitrate and iron nitrates.
Then I add silver Metal or any other metal to displace the copper, will the iron stay in solution or will both copper and iron be precipitated as metals?

Title: Re: Metal displacement question
Post by: chenbeier on October 10, 2020, 07:13:42 AM

With Silver nothing will displace. Its to noble. Add more Iron then copper can be obtained.