EXPERIMENT NO.

13 ANALYSIS OF THE IONS FOUND IN COMMERCIAL PREPARATIONS

ALUM- Active ingredient: Potassium Aluminum Sulfate

Physical Test Chemical State

Color 1. A. 1N
Colorless or clear solution of sodium hydroxide was added to 2 ml  created a gelatinous white precipitate
Physical State Liquid alum solution  white gelatinous precipitate
B. 1N sodium hydroxide was added to the solution disappeared
2. 6N ammonium hydroxide was added to the alum  created a white gelatinous
solution precipitate.
3. Barium chloride was added to alum solution  created a white precipitate solution.
4. Flame Test: After dipping the nichrome wire previously  produced a blue flame.
dipped in concentrated hydrochloric acid
5. IONS present  Potassium and Aluminum

BAKING SODA- Active ingredient: Sodium bicarbonate

Physical Test Chemical State

Color Colorless1. When the baking soda was added to sulfuric acid
or clear  produced bubbles and released gas of
Physical State Solid CO2.
2. IONS present  Sodium

LAUNDRY BLEACHING AGENT- Active ingredient is Potassium Sodium hypochlorite

Chemical State
Physical Test 1. Soaked with laundry bleaching agent. Thus its pH level  red litmus paper turned white
Color Colorless is basic.
Physical State Liquid 2. 3N HCl was added to the bleaching agent  mixture become pale yellow and the
gas it released was CO2
3. when heated in a non-luminous flame.  The bleaching agent created a golden
yellow flame
4. IONS present  Sodium and Chloride
 CALAMINE SOLUTION- Active ingredient: Zinc Oxide and Ferric Oxide

Physical Test Chemical State

Color Pink 1. A. Calamine lotion was mixed with HCl  released gas (CO2) and the color was
Physical State Liquid B. filtrate was mixed with potassium Ferro cyanide pale pink.
 produced a white precipitate.
2. A. calamine lotion was mixed with 3n of HCl  pungent smell
B. when it was mixed with ammonium thiocyanate  red and white precipitate.
C. solution was tested for its solubility  red and white precipitate combined
and the volume of the solution only
increases. Nothing changed.
3. IONS present  Zinc and Ferric

SELSUN BLUE SHAMPOO- Active ingredient: Selenium Sulfide

Physical Test Chemical State

Color Bright orange
1. The light color orange  transferred into the filter paper
Odor Fruity odor
2. IONS present  Selenium and Sulfide
Physical State Liquid

TOOTHPASTE- Active ingredient: Fluoride

Chemical State
1. Concentrated sulfuric acid was added into the heated  Color of the toothpaste changed into
and dry pinch of toothpaste red.
2. IONS present  Fluoride