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.......

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