Question

When aqueous lead (II) nitrate and aqueous sodium chloride are mixed, a white solid forms immediately. The products are solid lead (II) chloride and aqueous sodium nitrate. What reaction type is this? Choose one answer from below. Choose one answer from below. Synthesis Decomposition Double displacement Single displacement Combustion

Answer 1

Double Displacement.

Two ionic compounds are exchanging their ions and two new compounds are being generated, obviously also ionic.

Step-by-step explanation:

This is the reaction:

Pb(NO3)2 + 2NaCl ----> PbCl2 + 2NaNO3

Synthesis: FALSE. There aren't elements in ground state which are forming a complex molechule.

Decomposition: FALSE. A molecule is not disassembled to convert it into its ground elements

Simple Displacement: FALSE.

It is not a reaction in which one element is replaced by another, because an element is not being used in its fundamental state either as a reagent and nor as a product.

Combustion: There is no O2 in the reaction. Combustion has O2 as a reactant and as products, you have H2O and CO2