You have a solution of 0.10 M Cl^- and . You add 0.10 M silver nitrate dropwise into the solution. K_sp for Ag₂CrO₄ is 9.0 * 10^-¹² and for AgCl is1.6 * 10^-¹⁰. Which of the following will precipitate first?

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When silver nitrate is added to the solution, it will react with the chloride ions in the solution to form silver chloride, which has a lower solubility product constant than silver chromate. Therefore, silver chloride will precipitate first before silver chromate. The solubility product constant (Ksp) for AgCl is 1.6 x 10^-10, which is lower than the Ksp for Ag2CrO4 (9.0 x 10^-10). The formation of silver chromate requires the presence of both silver ions and chromate ions in the solution, and the concentration of chromate ions is not given in the problem. Therefore, we cannot determine whether silver chromate will precipitate or not based on the information given.

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