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Reactions of Silver
Reactions with water
Silver will not react with clean water.
Reactions with air
Silver is stable in air under normal conditions.
Reactions with halogens
Silver will react with fluorine to form silver(II) difluoride.
  Ag(s) + F2(g)AgF2(s)
Reactions with acids
Silver dissolves in hot concentrated sulphuric acid and also in nitric acid (dilute or concentrated).
 
Reduction Potentials
Balanced half-reaction E0 / V
Ag+ + e-Ag(s) +0.799
Ag+ + e-Ag(s) +0.228
Ag+ + e-Ag(s) +0.792
Ag+ + e-Ag(s) +0.77
Ag2+ + e-Ag+ +1.998
AgO+ + 2H+ + e-Ag2+ + H2O +2.016
2AgO(s) + 2H+ + 2e-Ag2O + H2O +1.41
2AgO(s) + H2O + 2e-Ag2O + OH- +0.599
Ag2O(s) + 2H+ + 2e-2Ag(s) + H2O +1.173
Ag2O(s) + H2O + 2e-2Ag(s) + 2OH- +0.342
Ag2CrO4(s) + 2e-2Ag(s) + CrO42- +0.446
Ag2S(s) + 2H+ + 2e-2Ag(s) + H2S(g) -0.036
Ag2S(s) + 2e-2Ag(s) + S2- -0.712
AgCl(s) + e-Ag(s) + Cl- +0.222
AgCl(s) + e-Ag(s) + Cl- +0.228
AgBr(s) + e-Ag(s) + Br- +0.073
AgI(s) + e-Ag(s) + I- -0.151
Ag(CN)2- + e-Ag(s) + 2CN- -0.31
Ag(S2O3)23- + e-Ag(s) + 2S2O32- +0.017