JEE Main Chemistry question
When phosphine gas is passed into a solution of silver nitrate, a black precipitate is formed, together with the evolution of
Answer: (A)
Solution
Phosphine reduces silver nitrate, itself being oxidised, to deposit black elemental silver (sometimes described via the intermediate silver phosphide, ), liberating nitric acid:
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