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In the cyanide process, native silver is leached with dilute aqueous in the presence of air. The soluble silver species formed is

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D

Answer: D

Silver is oxidised by dissolved oxygen and complexed by cyanide: . Silver(I) forms a linear two-coordinate dicyanido complex.
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