Question

Write the skeletal equation for the following word equation:

Sodium chloride + Silver nitrate $\to$Silver chloride + Sodium nitrate

Answer 1

• A skeletal equation is in the form of the equation in which the formula of the reactants is written on the left-hand side and that of the products on the right-hand side.
• The direction of the reaction is shown with an arrow ($\to$) between the reactants and products. Such equations are not balanced.
• Given equation: Sodium chloride + Silver nitrate $\to$Silver chloride + Sodium nitrate
• The skeletal form of the equation will be: $\underset{\mathrm{Sodium}\mathrm{chloride}}{\mathrm{NaCl}\left(\mathrm{aq}\right)}+\underset{\mathrm{Silver}\mathrm{nitrate}}{{\mathrm{AgNO}}_3\left(\mathrm{aq}\right)}\to \underset{\mathrm{Silver}\mathrm{chloride}}{\mathrm{AgCl}\left(\mathrm{s}\right)}+\underset{\mathrm{Sodium}\mathrm{nitrate}}{{\mathrm{NaNO}}_3\left(\mathrm{aq}\right)}$