Answer to Question #290746 in General Chemistry for Chanda

Question

Describe how you can prepare silver chloride using sodium chloride and other reagent

Answer 1

Silver chloride is unusual in that, unlike most chloride salts, it has very low solubility. It is easily synthesized by metathesis: combining an aqueous solution of silver nitrate (which is soluble) with a soluble chloride salt, such as sodium chloride or cobalt(II) chloride. The silver chloride that forms will precipitate immediately.