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When added to aqueous silver nitrate, tetrachlorocobolt(II) ion is hydrolysed and the liberated chloride ion reacts with silver nitrate and precipitates as silver chloride.

[CoCl4]2–
  +  
4
AgNO3
  +  
H2O
         
4
AgCl
  +  
Co2+
  +  
4
[NO3]–
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Tetrachlorocobolt(II) ion     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Silver nitrate     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Water Solvent    Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Silver chloride     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Cobalt(II) ion     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Nitrate ion     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
British A-Level Chemistry: A2
Hydrolysis
Precipitation

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