Chemistry 9701 · AS & A Level · Chemical bonding

Chemical bonding — practice question

$X$ is a salt of one of the halogens chlorine, bromine, iodine or astatine (proton number $85$). The reaction scheme illustrates a sequence of reactions that begins with a solution of $X$ as the starting reagent. $X \xrightarrow[\text{AgNO}_3(aq)]{\text{HNO}_3(aq)} \text{a precipitate} \xrightarrow[\text{excess}]{\text{dilute } \text{NH}_3(aq)} \text{a colourless solution} \xrightarrow[\text{excess}]{\text{HNO}_3(aq)} \text{a precipitate}$ What could $X$ be?

  • Asodium chloride
  • Bsodium bromide
  • Cpotassium iodide
  • Dpotassium astatide

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