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.
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