To measure the amount of chlorine in a well-boring fluid, an analytical chemist adds silver nitrate solution to a sample of the fluid and collects the solid silver chloride product. When no more is produced, she filters, washes and weighs it, and finds that has been produced. The balanced chemical equation for the reaction is:Cl(aq) + AgNO3(ag) AgCl(s) + NO3- (ag) o What kind of reaction is this? a. acid-base b. redox orvcap c. precipitation

c. precipitation

Explanation:

Let's consider the following balanced net ionic equation.

Cl⁻(aq) + AgNO₃(ag) ⇒ AgCl(s) + NO₃⁻ (ag)

What kind of reaction is this?

a. acid-base. No, because the reactants are not acids and bases.

b. redox. No, because all the species have the same oxidation numbers in the reactants and the products

c. precipitation. Yes, because an insoluble compound (AgCl) is produced, which then precipitates.

the correct answer is b. a strong acid completely dissociates to its ions when dissolved in water. completely dissociates to and ions. a is incorrect because does not fully ionize to and ions and some remain as the compound . c and d are incorrect because, and do not fall into the category of bronsted lowry acids. a bronsted lowry acid is a proton donor and since both molecules do not have a proton to donate they are not bronsted lowry acids. likewise,   if we use the lewis acid definition, they cannot be acids. a lewis acid is an electron pair acceptor. both and have a complete octet so can not accept any electrons which disqualifies them as acids.