When solid silver chloride is shaken with a 0.1 molar solution of potassium iodide, most of the silver chloride is converted to silver iodide. This transformation takes place because:

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This transformation takes place because silver iodide is less soluble than silver chloride. When silver chloride is mixed with potassium iodide, the Cl- ions in the silver chloride are replaced by I- ions to form silver iodide which is less soluble than silver chloride. Therefore, the silver chloride precipitates out of the solution and most of it gets converted to silver iodide.

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