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Precipitation Reactions and Solubility
Guidelines
Ionic Equation: Dissociate the soluble ionic compounds.
Write the molecular, ionic, and net ionic equations for the reaction that occurs when aqueous solutions of AgNO3 and Na2CO3 are mixed.
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Ag2CO3(s) + 2Na1+(aq) + 2NO31-(aq)
2Ag1+(aq) +
2NO31- (aq) +
2Na1+(aq) +
CO32-(aq)
2NaNO3(aq)
2AgNO3(aq)
Na2CO3(aq)