Group 7: Halogens
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What happend when a halogen reacts with silver nitrate?
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Corrie writes .....
I think you must mean 'What happens when a halide (not a halogen) reacts with silver nitrate?' This is the standard test for halide ions, X- (where X is Cl, Br or I), in solution.
The reaction that occurs with silver nitrate solution is the formation of a solid precipitate of the silver halide, AgX, which can be used to identify the halide.
The ionic equation would be:
Ag+(aq) + X-(aq) --> AgX(s)
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updated: 08 June 2008
