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Old August 19th, 2006, 07:52
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Quote:
Originally Posted by redXI
Okay. Where has that NO3 gone??
You add solid NaCl to a solution containing Ag(+)-ions and NO3(-)-ions. since NaNO3(-) is soluble in water, it isn't necessary to write NO3(-) in the reaction equation, since NaNO3(aq) = Na(+)(aq) + NO3(-)(aq)

So we would get:

NaCl(s) + Ag(+) + NO3(-) --> Na(+) + NO3(-) + AgCl(s)

This is equal to:

NaCl(s) + Ag(+) --> Na(+) + AgCl(s)