Question

What happens when you mix an aqueous solution of sodium nitrate with an aqueous solution of barium chloride? (a) there is no reaction; all possible products are soluble. (b) only barium nitrate precipitates. (c) only sodium chloride precipitates. (d) both barium nitrate and sodium chloride precipitate. (e) nothing; barium chloride is not soluble and it stays as a precipitate?

Answer 1

The answer is there is no reaction; all possible products are soluble. The solubility rules states that all ionic sodium compounds and all ionic chloride compounds are soluble leaving out for Ag +, Hg 2 2+, and Pb 2+, which are not being examined here.