sodium iodide and silver nitrate
Adding very pale yellow sodium iodide to colorless silver nitrate produces a very pale tan precipitate.
Solution A: 0.5 M sodium iodide (very pale yellow)
Solution B: 0.1 M silver nitrate (colorless)
Precipitate: (off-white)
Note: a very pale tan color was observed, but not picked up by the video camera.
AgNO3(aq) + NaI(aq) --> AgI(s) + NaNO3(aq)
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