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Silver chloride dissolves in aqueous ammonia solution to give a solution containing diamminosilver(II) ion.

This reacts distinguishes silver chloride from silver bromide, which require concentrated ammonia to dissolve, and silver iodide which does not dissolve at all.

AgCl
  +  
2
NH3(aq)
         
[Ag(NH3)2]+
  +  
Cl
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Silver chloride     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Ammonia, aqueous     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Diamminosilver(I) ion     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Chloride ion     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
British A-Level Chemistry: A2
British A-Level Chemistry: AS
Dissolution: With Ionisation
Ligand Exchange (Inorganic)
Type 23 Lewis Acid/Base Complexation Chemistry

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