Answer to Question #292456 in General Chemistry for Thato

Question

How would you test for the presence of the following ions in aqueous solution of an unknown salt? kindly provide name of the test and a balanced chemical equation...Ag^2+

Answer 1

Qualitative analysis of silver ion

The following chemical equations are used..

Ag+. + HCL------>AgCl(white precipitate)

When you add excess concentrated HCL to AgCl formed you get ...

AgCl + HCl-------->[AgCl2]-(colourless solution)+H^+.