* Silver chloride (AgCl), a white precipitate that is insoluble in water.
* Sodium nitrate (NaNO₃), which remains dissolved in the solution.
The balanced chemical equation for this reaction is:
AgNO₃(aq) + NaCl(aq) → AgCl(s) + NaNO₃(aq)
Here's a breakdown of the reaction:
* The silver ions (Ag⁺) from silver nitrate react with the chloride ions (Cl⁻) from sodium chloride.
* These ions combine to form silver chloride (AgCl), which is insoluble in water and therefore precipitates out of the solution as a white solid.
* The remaining sodium ions (Na⁺) and nitrate ions (NO₃⁻) remain dissolved in the solution as sodium nitrate (NaNO₃).
This reaction is often used in chemistry demonstrations to illustrate double displacement reactions and the formation of precipitates.
