i ANALYSIS OF SIMPLE SALT - Ill u OBSERVATION | INFERENCE arkarer P Tice: fe ,_Proliminary Test te | Colour of the salt is noted Colourless ‘Absence of Copper, Nickel and 2. | Appearance: ik | Appearance ofthe satis | cystatine May be Sulphate, Nitrate or fy | Chloride Salts. 3. | Solubiti well with distilled water | Chloride salts 4, | Action of Heat: | | ;Asmall amount of the saltis | Decripitation occurs | May be Nitrate. | | taken ina dry test tube and | Raddish brown gas turning | |heated gently a first and then | starch iodine paper blue strongly evolves, 5. | Flame Test: | | Asmall amount of the salt is | Dull bluish white flame Presence of Lead made into a paste with | concentrated hydrochloric acid ina watch glass and | introduced into the non- | \ | luminuous part of the Bunsen flame using a charred j | 6. | Ash Test: | ¥ The filter paper is soaked in a | No characteristic coloured Absence of Zinc, Aluminium, | mixture of salt solution and | ash and Magnesium itrate solution and is | {Ait ofthe sats shaken Soluble | oy be Sulphate Nate o | | | i | |ON OF ACID RADICALS Absence of Carbonate. brown gas evolves. | Presence of Nitrate