Question

What products are obtained when barium chloride reacts with water?

Answer 1

Aquated barium ions, and aquated chloride ions......

Explanation:

`BaCl_2(s) stackrel(H_2O)rarrBa^(2+) + 2Cl^(-)`

Because this reaction encompasses both bond-breaking, and bond making, it is clearly a manifestation of chemical change, in the products `Ba^(2+)` and `Cl^-` are aquated ions...... On a microscopic level we probably gots `[Ba(OH_2)_6]^(2+)`, a coordination complex if you like of `Ba^(2+)`