Question

What do you observe when silver nitrate is added to sodium chloride ?​

Answer 1

Answer:

FIGURE 11.5 (a) When a solution of silver nitrate is added to a solution of sodium chloride, the silver ions combine with the chloride ions to form a precipitate of silver chloride. The sodium and the nitrate ions are nonparticipating spectator ions.

Answer 2

Answer:

When a solution of silver nitrate is added to a solution of sodium chloride, the silver ions combine with the chloride ions to form a precipitate of silver chloride. The sodium and the nitrate ions are nonparticipating spectator ions.

a) AgNO3(aq)+NaCl(aq)→AgCl+NaNO 3

b) Double displacement reaction