Question

Examine the reactants of the incomplete double displacement reaction.

AgNO3 + NaCl → _[blank].
What are the products of the double displacement reaction?
AgCINaNO3
Ag + Cl + Na + NO3
AgCINa + NO3
AgCl + NaNO3

Answer 1

AgCl + NaNO₃

Step-by-step explanation:

• The reaction between silver nitrate and sodium chloride is an example of a double displacement reaction.
• In a double displacement reaction compounds or salts reacts and exchange cations or anions to form new compounds or salts.
• In this case, silver nitrate and sodium chloride exchange anions and cations to form silver chloride and sodium nitrate.

• Therefore, the complete reaction is given by;

AgNO3 + NaCl → AgCl + NaNO₃

• But since silver chloride is a precipitate, the reaction may also be an example of a precipitation reaction.