Write an ionic equation, including state symbols, for the following reaction: silver nitrate solution + sodium chloride solution = silver chloride + silver nitrate solution ?

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anor277
May 21, 2018

#AgNO_3(aq) + NaCl(aq) rarr AgCl(s)darr+ NaNO_3(aq)#

Explanation:

The nitrate, and sodium ions are really along for the ride...and we could write the net ionic equation as...

#Ag^+ +Cl^(-)rarrAgCl(s)darr#

Silver chloride crashes out of solution as a curdy white solid...that commonly photo-reduces to give metallic silver....

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