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_______ are species that are not involved in the chemistry of solution phase reactions.
Ans. Spectator ions are species that are not involved in the chemistry of solution phase reaction.
Consider an aqueous phase reaction between NaOH and HCl. The OH- from NaOH reacts with H+ from HCl to form H2O. However, the Na+ and Cl- do not participate any chemical reaction in the solution phase.
NaOH(aq) + HCl(aq) ---------> H2O(l) + NaCl(aq)
Net reaction: OH-(aq) + H+(aq) ---------> H2O(aq)
Such ions, though present in the solution phase, that don’t participate any chemical reaction, are called spectator ions.
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