No Precipitate?

[kimchee918]

Hi

I have a question about dbl-displacement reactions. When you write the net ionic eq but both products are soluble, how would you write the equation? Or would there be no equation?

Thanks

[insane_alien]

just put [aq] after the ions to sow they are dissolved. you have done states in chemical equations yeah?

[kimchee918]

yeah, like solid, liquid, gas, and aqeous

so wait, put aq after each and every ion in the product side?

[gonelli]

If there is no precipitate produced then there isn't any reaction between the reactants, so you can't really write an equation for it.

 

I think insane_alien was refering to when you have a single salt in solid form and then dissolve in water, which would then require puting [aq] after the two ions from the salt.

[insane_alien]

actuall i was assuming that the solutions were initially seperate and then mixed as the OP said there was a reaction.

 

if the two solutions were already mixed then it would be pointless as the reaction would have already happened.