In a double replacement reaction, the ions of two compounds exchange places in an aqueous solution to form to new compounds. true or false

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Branson Manning

Chemistry

21 August, 01:16

In a double replacement reaction, the ions of two compounds exchange places in an aqueous solution to form to new compounds. true or false

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Eileen Mendez · Answer 1

The answer to your question is below: True

Explanation:

A double displacement reaction (replacement) is a reaction is which ions are interchanged to forms new compounds. Most of the times one of the products precipitates.

The general equation of this kind of reactions are:

AB + CD ⇒ AD + CB

This is an example of this kind of reactions:

AgNO3 + NaCl → AgCl + NaNO3