Question

What is precipitation reactions​

Answer 1

A precipitation reaction is a chemical reaction in which two soluble salts (ionic compounds) in an aqueous solution (solution with water as the solvent) yield insoluble, solid salt, a precipitate, as one of the products. It is generally a double replacement reaction, in which there are two ionic compounds, and their ions switch (AB+CD yield AC+BD).

Example:

`\mathbb{\green{Pb(NO_(3) )_(2) +2KI  ⇒2KNO_(3) +PbI_(2)}}`

N.B. The (s) indicates a solid (or precipitate), whereas (aq) means that the compound is dissolved in an aqueous (water-containing) solution.

Answer 2

precipitation reactions

α prєcípítαtíσn rєαctíσn rєfєrs tσ thє fσrmαtíσn σf αn ínsσluвlє sαlt whєn twσ sσlutíσns cσntαíníng sσluвlє sαlts αrє cσmвínєd. thє ínsσluвlє sαlt thαt fαlls σut σf sσlutíσn ís knσwn αs thє prєcípítαtє, hєncє thє rєαctíσn's nαmє. prєcípítαtíσn rєαctíσns cαn hєlp dєtєrmínє thє prєsєncє σf vαríσus íσns ín sσlutíσn.