Copper and Silver Nitrate Reaction Lab

Purpose:
The purpose of this chemistry was to design and conduct an experiment in order to determine
which reaction occurs when copper metal is mixed with silver nitrate – either Copper (I) Nitrate
or Copper (II) Nitrate could have been produced as a result of the reaction.

Hypothesis:
If copper is reacted with silver nitrate, then it can be determined if Copper (I) Nitrate or Copper
(II) Nitrate is created because the mass of the copper that was used during the reaction and the
mass of the silver created will be identified, thus making it possible utilize stoichiometry in order
to determine which reaction occurred.

Data Collected:

Initial Mass of Initial Mass of Mass of Beaker Final Mass of Mass of Mass of Silver
Copper (Cu) Silver Nitrate (Empty) Copper Reacted Copper Created

2.58 g 0.51 g (20 mL) 132.62 g 2.5 g 0.08 g 0.38 g