During the reaction of silver nitrate with hydrochloric acid, the white precipitate X is formed. This precipitate is insoluble in _____.

Ammonium hydroxide

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Nitric acid

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Diamine silver chloride

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None of these

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The correct option is B
Nitric acid

Silver nitrate solution reacts with hydrochloric acid and it gives a thick curdy white precipitate of silver chloride.

$A g N O_{3} + H C l \to A g C l + H N O_{3}$

The white precipitate is insoluble in nitric acid but soluble in ammonium hydroxide solution and forms a complex salt called diamine silver(I) chloride.

$A g C l + 2 N H_{4} O H \to {[A g (N H_{3})_{2}]}_{3}^{+} C l^{-} + 2 H_{2} O$

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