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When a strip of red-brown metal X is placed in a colourless salt solution YNO3 then metal Y is set free and a blue coloured salt solution XNO3H is formed. The liberated metal Y forms a shining white deposit on the strip of metal X.

(a) What do you think metal X is?


(b) Name the salt YNO3.


(c) What could be metal Y?


(d) Name the salt X(NO3)2.


(e) What type of reaction takes place between metal X and salt solution YNO3?

(a) Metal X is Copper.

(b) Salt YNO3 is Silver Nitrate.


(c) Metal Y is Silver.


(d) Name of salt X(NO3)2 is Copper nitrate.


(e) Displacement reaction takes place.



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(a) What could the salt xso4 be?


(b) What is the colour of salt XSO4?


(c) Name the black precipitate XS.


(d) By using the formula of the salt obtained in (a) above, write an equation of the reaction which takes place when hydrogen sulphide gas is passed through its aqueous solution.


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(b) What could be gas X2?


(c) Name the metal salt MX.


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