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Experiment 4: Group I Cations (Silver or Chloride Group)

Ag

Pb

Reagent

HCl

Hg

2+

Formula

Color &
Nature

Formula

Color &
Nature

Formula

Color &
Nature

AgCl

white curdy
ppt

PbCl

white crystal
ppt

Hg Cl

white curdy ppt

insoluble

aq. soln of
PbCl

a.) boiling
water

soluble

insoluble

b.) excess
NH OH

Ag(NH )

colorless soln

NH OH

AgOHAg O

3 2

insoluble

HgNH Cl & Hg

white ppt

HgO.HgNH NO
and Hg

a.) excess

Ag(NH )

NaOH

AgOHAg O

whitebrown
ppt

Pb(OH)

a.) NaOH

KI

a.)

AgI

black ppt

white ppt

Hg O

black ppt

insoluble

Pb(OH) or
Na PbO

sol.
colorless
soln

brownish red
ppt

PbCrO

yellow ppt

insoluble

Na PbO

canary yellow
ppt

PbI

insoluble

white & black

ppt

Hg O

Pb(OH)

white & black

ppt

insol. white
amorpous
ppt

whitebrown
ppt

Ag CrO

sol. colorless
soln

3 2

a.) excess

K CrO

2+
2

insoluble

Hg CrO
2

orange red ppt

but brownish
red on boiling

sol. yellow
soln

insoluble

yellow ppt

Hg I

greenish
yellow or
green ppt

insoluble

HgI & Hg or
K HgI & Hg

2 2

-2
4

colorless soln
with black or
gray ppt.