Question

Name the type of reactions represented below:

$\mathrm{XY}+\mathrm{WZ}\to \mathrm{XZ}+\mathrm{WY}$

Answer 1

$\mathrm{XY}+\mathrm{WZ}\to \mathrm{XZ}+\mathrm{WY}$ is a general form of double displacement reaction.

• Double displacement reaction- A double displacement reaction is a type of displacement reaction in which two constituent reactants interchange positive and negative ions and form two new compounds.
• $\underset{\mathrm{silver}\mathrm{nitrate}}{{\mathrm{AgNO}}_3\left(\mathrm{aq}\right)}+\underset{\mathrm{sodium}\mathrm{chloride}}{\mathrm{NaCl}\left(\mathrm{aq}\right)}\to \underset{\mathrm{silver}\mathrm{chloride}}{\mathrm{AgCl}(\downarrow )}+\underset{\mathrm{sodium}\mathrm{nitrate}}{{\mathrm{NaNO}}_3\left(\mathrm{aq}\right)}$
• In the above reaction silver nitrate is reacting with sodium chloride to form silver chloride and sodium nitrate.

Hence, the answer is a double displacement reaction.