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Double-Displacement

Double-Displacement happens when two compound switch ions to create two new compounds. A good example for this is: AB + CD ---> AC + BD

An excellent real life example for this is, Silver Nitrate and Sodium Chloride react to produce Sodium Nitrate and Silver Chloride. Now we need to change this sentence into an equation and balance it and our job is complete.

The equation for this example of double-displacement is:

AgNO3 + NaCl ---> NaNO3 + AgCl

Guess What.......

The equation is already balanced so our work is done here!!!

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