A student reacts 50.0 g of silver (I) nitrate with 20.0 g of copper metal to prepare copper (II) nitrate and silver metal.
1. Write down the net ionic and total ionic equations for this reaction.
2. Is silver nitrate or copper the limiting reagent? Support your answer with calculation(s).
3. Determine the theoretical yield of silver metal.
4. If the actual yield of silver metal was 29.7 g, what was the percent yield?