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The Following Anions Can Be Separated by Precipitation as Silver

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The following anions can be separated by precipitation as silver salts: Cl-, Br-, I-, and CrO42-. If silver ions (Ag+) are added to a solution containing the four anions that are at concentrations of 0.10 M, in what order will they precipitate?  Compound KspAgCl1.8×1010Ag2CrO41.1×1012AgBr5.4×1013AgI8.5×1017\begin{array} { l l } \text { Compound } & K _ { \mathrm { sp } } \\\hline \mathrm { AgCl } & 1.8 \times 10 ^ { - 10 } \\\mathrm { Ag } _ { 2 } \mathrm { CrO } _ { 4 } & 1.1 \times 10 ^ { - 12 } \\\mathrm { AgBr } & 5.4 \times 10 ^ { - 13 } \\\mathrm { AgI } & 8.5 \times 10 ^ { - 17 }\end{array}


A) AgCl ? Ag2CrO4 ? AgBr ? AgI
B) AgI? AgBr ? Ag2CrO4 ? AgCl
C) Ag2CrO4 ? AgCl ?AgBr ?AgI
D) Ag2CrO4 ? AgI ? AgBr ? AgCl
E) AgI ? AgBr ? AgCl ?Ag2CrO4

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