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Q. The oxoacid of phosphorus that reduces silver nitrate into metallic silver is

KEAMKEAM 2015The p-Block Elements - Part2

Solution:

Refer to page $11/136$. Due to the presence one $P - H$ bond in $H _{3} PO _{2}$, it acts as a reducing agent and hence reduces $AgNO _{3}$ to metallic $Ag$.