Rates of Yellow (Lead Nitrate + Potassium Iodide)
Channel: Jmu ChemDemos
Date: 2014-06-25

A reaction between two white solids occurs when lead nitrate and potassium iodide are shaken forcefully producing a mixture of yellow and white solid products. The reaction occurs almost instantaneously when aqueous solutions of these compounds are mixed, precipitating yellow lead iodide.