Question

Would it be easier or more difficult (compared to zinc) to recover silver from solution? explain

Answer 1

The rules is that, the more reactive the substance, the harder it is to extract. The reason is mainly due to the fact that you have to find a specific solvent to react the substance only, not the others.Basing on the list of reactivity of metals as shown in the picture, Zn is more reactive than Ag. Then, that means that Ag is easier to recover.