Chemistry A-Level
Ammonia solubility as a confirmatory test
What Ammonia solubility as a confirmatory test means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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Dilute ammonia dissolves silver chloride, concentrated ammonia dissolves silver bromide and silver iodide remains insoluble even in concentrated ammonia.
Topics that use Ammonia solubility as a confirmatory test
- The halogens (OCR A-Level)
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