Question

water from a town is suspected to contain chloride ions but not sulphate ions . describe how the presence of the chloride ions in the water can be shown​

Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

We can establish that there are chloride ions present in water if we add dilute trioxonitrate V acid to a sample of the water in drops followed by aqueous silver trioxonitrate V.

If a white precipitate is observed and the precipitate is found to be soluble in excess aqueous ammonia solution, then we can confirm the presence of chloride ion in the water.