How do you write the balanced molecular and net ionic equations for the reaction between aluminum metal and silver nitrate? What are the oxidation and reduction half-reactions?

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Answer 1 · 2017-07-26T20:09:52

Well, #"silver nitrate"# is reduced..........

#Ag^(+) + e^(-) rarr Ag(s)darr#

And aluminum is oxidized......

#Al(s) rarr Al^(3+) + 3e^(-)#

And we add the half equations such that the electrons are eliminated...

#Al(s) +3Ag^(+) rarrAl^(3+) + 3Ag(s)#

And likewise.......

#Al(s) +3AgNO_3(aq) rarrAl(NO_3)_3(aq) + 3Ag(s)#