What problem would be encountered if you tried to dissolve Ag2O with HCl solution?
Precipitate silver chloride from nitric or sulphuric acids we
used to pour a solution of table salt in water into the acid until
the cloudiness ceased to be produced. At this point, the
precipitate was silver chloride.
1)So, I believe that adding the HCl will cause your silver to
precipitate as chloride.
2)Since the AgNO3 -> Ag & NO3 ions in solution,
by adding Cl ions, you form the insoluble AgCl, hence
precipitation
3)Don't know how you'd go recycling the nitric, as liquid HCl is
~66% water, your solution will get weaker and weaker every
precipitation. If you compensate with strong nitric at the start
and your nitric concentration is too high you can oxidise the
silver -> silver oxide .
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