Inorganic reactions
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What is the reaction that occurs between calcium hydroxide and silver nitrate? and why does it form a brown precipitate?
You would expect the reaction to produce silver hydroxide in the same way that most other metals such as copper do. The problem with this is that silver hydroxide is unstable in water at room temperature and breaks down to give silver oxide which is the brown precipitate.
Ca(OH)2(aq) + 2AgNO3(aq) = Ca(NO3)2(aq) + Ag2O(s) + H2O(l)
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updated: 20 August 2003
