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Silver Hypochlorite: Formula,

Solubility & Molar Mass
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Silver hypochlorite is an ionic compound between silver

and the polyatomic ion hypochlorite. In this lesson, we will
determine its chemical formula, its solubility, and its molar
mass.

Instability
Imagine a supervisor at a business hires four new
employees. Based on their interviews, the
supervisor pairs the four employees into two
teams. They begin working and immediately the
team members don't get along. The teams break
apart and the employees switch partners. The new
team members get along famously. This is an
analogy for what happens with silver
hypochlorite. It is a very unstable compound and
breaks apart, forming new compounds. Let's look
more closely at this unstable compound.

Reaction Forming Silver

Hypochlorite
Hypochlorous acid, HClO (aq), reacts with silver
nitrate, AgNO3 (aq), to produce silver hypochlorite,
AgClO (aq) and nitric acid, HNO3 (aq).

HClO (aq) + AgNO3 (aq) → AgClO (aq) + HNO3 (aq)

Silver hypochlorite is very soluble (stays as ions in

water) and very unstable. It immediately
decomposes into aqueous silver chlorate, AgClO3
(aq), and the insoluble silver chloride, AgCl (s).

3AgClO (aq) → AgClO3 (aq) + 2AgCl (s)

The Silver Hypochlorite

Compound
Silver is a metallic ion, Ag+1, and hypochlorite is the
polyatomic ion, ClO-1. The chlorine and the oxygen
in the hypochlorite ion share electrons in a
covalent bond. It has one excess electron, giving it
the negative charge. Since both ions are oppositely
charged, they stick together, forming AgClO. Even
though silver hypochlorite doesn't exist long, let's
calculate its molar mass.

Molar Mass of Silver

Hypochlorite
Determining the molar mass of a compound
involves using its chemical formula to determine
how many of each element are in the compound.
The quantity of each element in the compound is
multiplied by its respective molar mass o! the
periodic table. Then, all of masses are summed.
Let's determine the molar mass of silver
hypochlorite.

Elements in silver hypochlorite (molar masses are in red)

The diagram above shows the elements in silver

hypochlorite. The whole number above the
element's symbol is its atomic number. The
number in red below the element's symbol is its
atomic mass, or molar mass. This value is
represented in grams-per-mole (g/mole). Let's
make a chart showing the quantity of each element
in silver hypochlorite, their molar masses, and the
total molar mass of each element in the
compound.

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