Question

Name the following:

(f) A salt prepared by direct combination.

Answer 1

Combination Reaction

• In such a type of chemical reaction, two compounds react to produce a new compound.
• Ferric chloride $\left({\mathrm{FeCl}}_3\right)$ is prepared by direct combination.

Chemical reaction:

• In this reaction iron $\left(\mathrm{Fe}\right)$ and chlorine $\left({\mathrm{Cl}}_2\right)$ fuses together to form a salt ferric chloride $\left({\mathrm{FeCl}}_3\right)$.
• The chemical reaction can be depicted as follows:

$2\mathrm{Fe}\left(\mathrm{s}\right)+3{\mathrm{Cl}}_2\left(\mathrm{g}\right)\to 2{\mathrm{FeCl}}_3\left(\mathrm{s}\right)$