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You want to "plate out" nickel metal from a nickel nitrate solution onto a piece of metal inserted into the solution. Should you use copper or zinc? Explain.
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We want to plate out nickel metal from a nickel nitrate solution. This means we want to perform an electrochemical reaction in which nickel ions (NiĀ²āŗ) in the solution are reduced to nickel metal (Ni) on the surface of another metal. Show more…
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