Why does a precipitate form when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium chloride solution?

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Why does a precipitate form when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium chloride solution?

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Answer 1 · 2017-05-21T05:45:57

Formation of a precipitate is due to the INSOLUBILITY of the salt.

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$A g^{+} + C l^{-} \to A g C l (s) ⏐ ↓$ $Ag^+ + Cl^(-) rarr AgCl(s)darr$

Silver chloride would precipitate as a curdy, white solid. Of course you would mix solutions of silver nitrate and sodium chloride to effect the so-called metathesis, namely soluble silver nitrate and sodium chloride.

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