In the reaction between silver nitrate and sodium chloride, what is the role of nitrate and sodium ions in solution?

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In the reaction between silver nitrate and sodium chloride, what is the role of nitrate and sodium ions in solution?

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Answer 1 · 2015-11-01T17:42:54

Both $N a^{+}$ $Na^+$ and $N O_{3}^{-}$ $NO_3^-$ will be spectators.

Explanation:

We go back to simple solubility rules. All alkali metals salts are soluble. All nitrates are soluble. All halides are soluble (except for those of $A g^{+}$ $Ag^+$ and $H g_{2}^{2 +}$ $Hg_2^(2+)$ ). All hydroxides are insoluble (except for previous).

So the net ionic equation representing the reaction is:

$A g^{+} + O H^{-} \to A g O H (s) ⏐ ↓$ $Ag^+ + OH^(-) rarr AgOH(s)darr$

Silver hydroxide is not a well-characterized species. Its likely formulation is $A g_{2} O \cdot (O H_{2})$ $Ag_2O*(OH_2)$ , a hydrous oxide of silver, but you don't need to know this in 6th form.

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