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  4. NaCl(aq) gives a white precipitate with AgNO3 solution but CCl4 or CHCl3 does not, because

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Q. $NaCl_(aq)$ gives a white precipitate with $AgNO_{3}$ solution but $CCl_{4}$ or $CHCl_{3}$ does not, because

Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

Solution:

$NaCl$ being an ionic compound and thus reacts with $AgNO_{3}{(aq)}$ to give ionic reaction, forming $AgCl$ as white ppt. $CCl_{4}$ and $CHCl_{3}$ being covalent do not furnish $Cl^{-}$ ions in solution.
$NaCl + AgNO_3\rightarrow AgCl + NaNO_3$