Preparing an insoluble salt in a precipitation reaction

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Produce an insoluble salt precipitate by reacting two soluble metal salts together in this class experiment. Includes kit list and safety instructions.

In this class practical, students react lead nitrate solution with sodium chloride solution. The precipitation reaction between these two soluble metal salts produces the soluble salt sodium nitrate and the insoluble salt lead chloride, which can be recovered by filtration or centrifuge.

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