Question

When aqueous silver nitrate solution is mixed with barium chloride solution, a white precipitate forms along with barium nitrate solution. Write a balanced chemical equation for the reaction with appropriate states of matter.

Answer 1

Answer: $2AgNO_3(aq)+BaCl_2(aq)\rightarrow 2AgCl(s)+Ba(NO_3)_2(aq)$

Explanation:

A double displacement reaction is one in which exchange of ions take place. The salts which are soluble in water are designated by symbol (aq) and those which are insoluble in water and remain in solid form are represented by (s) after their chemical formulas.

The reaction for aqueous silver nitrate solution with barium chloride solution produces barium nitrate solution and a white precipitate of silver chloride.

Thus the balanced chemical reaction will be:

$2AgNO_3(aq)+BaCl_2(aq)\rightarrow 2AgCl(s)+Ba(NO_3)_2(aq)$