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It is chloride which forms silver chloride.

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Q: What ion is most likely present in water tested with silver nitrate that gave a white precipitate?
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What is the precipitate formed from Silver Nitrate and Lead Nitrate?

Silver nitrate and lead nitrate do not react, so there would be no precipitate.


What is the test for hydrogen iodide?

Add silver nitrate. If it is present it forms a yellow precipitate


What is a example of formation of a precipitate?

an example of a precipitate is: silver nitrate + sodium chloride = silver chloride and sodium nitrate the precipitate is the silver chloride it forms a white powder


Conclusion for silver nitrate precipitate?

conclusion of silver nitrate and sodium hyroxide


Why would sliver nitrate precipitate when in contact with copper?

Silver nitrate does not precipitate in this case; elemental silver does. In this reaction, silver nitrate reacts with copper to form elemental silver and copper II nitrate. The silver, which is a metal, is insoluble in water.


Why add dilute nitric acid with silver nitrate to test for halide ions?

The nitric acid reacts with other ions that might precipitate with silver nitrate. Doing this first gets these other unwanted precipitates out of the way. If you are testing with Fluoride as your halide remember that silver nitrate does not precipitate with Fluoride, so no precipitate does not mean that halide ions are not present.


Silver nitrate and potassium iodide?

Potassium nitrate and a precipitate of Silver iodide are formed


Which anion will not precipitate silver ion?

Silver Nitrate is soluble.


Reaction of sodium iodide with silver nitrate?

Produces Silver iodide precipitate and Sodium nitrate


When silver nitrate reacts with hydrochloride?

When silver nitrate reacts with hydrochloride a white precipitate of Silver Chloride is formed.


What happen when you add iodide to silver nitrate?

If you add iodide (iodine ions) to Acidfied Silver Nitrate, a pale yellow precipitate is formed. This precipitate is Silver Iodide (AgI).


What is the precipitate formed when silver nitrate and iron chloride are mixed?

Silver Chloride (AgCl) is the precipitate in this reaction.