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Complex ion

mystreet091234

Why is the answer C? What is the ionic equation for this reaction?

Thanks in advance!

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alow

Original post by mystreet091234

Why is the answer C? What is the ionic equation for this reaction?

Thanks in advance!

What is the formula for silver chloride?

Reply 2

IBonfire

Original post by alow

What is the formula for silver chloride?

NaCl2?

Reply 3

Plantagenet Crown

Original post by IBonfire

NaCl2?

That's sodium chloride which would be NaCl..

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IBonfire

Original post by Plantagenet Crown

That's sodium chloride which would be NaCl..

Oops, I meant AgCl2 because Silver usually is Ag2+

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paul_a

Original post by IBonfire

NaCl2?

NaCl2 is using a Sodium ion and Chlorine ions, but the charge on sodium is Na+ and on chlorine it's Cl-, so the real formula of Sodium Chloride is NaCl.

Silver chloride works the same way, Ag+ (silver) and Cl-, so the formula for silver chloride is AgCl

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alow

Original post by IBonfire

Oops, I meant AgCl2 because Silver usually is Ag2+

Is it?

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ag+electron+configuration&oq=ag+electr&aqs=chrome.3.69i57j0l5.3015j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

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paul_a

Original post by IBonfire

Oops, I meant AgCl2 because Silver usually is Ag2+

Ag has many oxidation states that include 2+, but the most stable one is 1+, which is the OS it takes when bonded to any halogen to form a silver halide: AgF, AgCl, AgBr, AgI