Practice question · True or false
Adding sodium chloride to a saturated solution of silver chloride increases the amount of silver chloride that dissolves.
Hints
- Both salts share an ion, what does adding more of it do to the equilibrium?
- Le Chatelier pushes the dissolution equilibrium back toward the solid.
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False
Why
False, this is the common ion effect working in the opposite direction. Added chloride drives the equilibrium back toward solid silver chloride, so less dissolves, not more.
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