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19.1 Exercise 23

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Dilute sodium cyanide solution is slowly dripped into a slowly stirred silver nitrate solution. A white precipitate forms temporarily but dissolves as the addition of sodium cyanide continues. Use chemical equations to explain this observation. Silver cyanide is similar to silver chloride in its solubility.

OpenStax Chemistry 2e, 19.1 Occurrence, Preparation, and Properties of Transition Metals and Their Compounds, exercise 23

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