Question

Al2(SO4)3(aq)+AgNO3(aq)→ Express your answer as a chemical equation. Enter NOREACTION if no reaction occurs. Identify all of the phases in your answer.

Answer 1

Aluminum sulfate reacts with silver nitrate, forming silver sulfate and aluminum nitrate, represented by the balanced chemical equation: 3 AgNO3(aq) + Al2(SO4)3(aq) → Al(NO3)3(aq) + 3 Ag2SO4(s).

Step-by-step explanation:

When aluminum sulfate, Al2(SO4)3(aq), is mixed with silver nitrate, AgNO3(aq), a reaction occurs where aluminum sulfate reacts with silver nitrate to form silver sulfate, Ag2SO4(s), and aluminum nitrate, Al(NO3)3(aq). The balanced chemical equation, representing this double displacement reaction, is:

3 AgNO3(aq) + Al2(SO4)3(aq) → Al(NO3)3(aq) + 3 Ag2SO4(s)

We can further simplify this reaction by writing a net ionic equation, which shows only those compounds and ions that undergo a chemical change. In a net ionic equation, spectator ions that do not participate in the reaction are omitted.

Answer 2

Silver sulfate precipitates when aluminum sulfate is mixed with silver nitrate, leading to the balanced equation: 2Al2(SO4)3(aq) + 6AgNO3(aq) → 3Ag2SO4(s) + 2Al(NO3)3(aq).

Step-by-step explanation:

When solutions of aluminum sulfate, Al2(SO4)3(aq), and silver nitrate, AgNO3(aq), are mixed, a reaction occurs. Silver ions, Ag+, react with sulfate ions, SO42-, to form silver sulfate, Ag2SO4, which is insoluble and will precipitate. The aluminum ions, Al3+, and nitrate ions, NO3-, remain in solution as spectator ions. The balanced chemical equation for this reaction is:

• 2Al2(SO4)3(aq) + 6AgNO3(aq) → Al2(SO4)3(aq) + 6AgNO3(aq) → 3Ag2SO4(s) + 2Al(NO3)3(aq)

All reactants and products are correctly represented with their formulas and phases. Silver sulfate is a solid (s), and aluminum nitrate remains in aqueous solution (aq).