If 8.500 g of sodium nitrate and 7.500 g of potassium chloride are dissolved in 25.0 mL of water and heated to 80°C no solid Watermain. Using these amounts of potassium chloride and sodium nitrate, calculate the theoretical number of grams of sodium chloride and potassium nitrate that could be formed.

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Answer:

Zero grams of NaCl & KNO₃  ... The reagents mixed in aqueous solution would not produce products as no driving force is present; i.e., no precipitate, weak electrolyte or gas decomposition product will form.

Explanation:

NaNO₃(aq) + KCl(aq) => (theoritically) NaCl(aq) + KNO₃(aq)

However all chloride salts from metathesis rxns remain soluble and 100% ionized except for halide derivatives of Hg⁺², Ag⁺ & Pb⁺₂.  Further, all NO₃⁻ salt derivatives also remain soluble and 100% ionized.

Technically, metathesis reactions (also known as double replacement rxns) depend upon the formation of a 'driving force' that leaves the reaction system in the form of a precipitate, weak electrolyte (weak acid or weak base) or a gas decomposition product. So, the reaction in this case should be as follows:

NaNO₃(aq) + KCl(aq) => No Reaction