Reduction of silver(I) to silver metal
What Reduction of silver(I) to silver metal means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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The silver(I) complex is reduced to metallic silver, giving a silver mirror on the inside of the test tube or a grey-black precipitate if the tube is not clean.
An aldehyde reduces the silver complex, and silver metal deposits as a mirror on the glass or as a grey precipitate.
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- Carbonyl compounds (OCR A-Level)
- Chromatography and qualitative analysis (OCR A-Level)
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