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(SOLUBLE)

all sodium
all pottasium
all ammonium
all nitrates
all chloride except - silver, lead
all sulfates except - lead, barium, calcium
(INSOLUBLE)
all carbonates except - sodium, pottasium, ammonium,
all hydroxides except - sodium, pottasium, (calcium)

FLAME TEST
Li+ - Red
Na+ - Yellow
K+ - Lilac
Ca 2+ - Orange-red
Cu 2+ - Blue-Green

TEST FOR CATIONS


Ammonium - ammonia gas turn red litmus blue
copper(ll) - light blue precipitate formed
iron(ll) - Green precipitate formed
iron(lll) - Red-brown precipitate formed

TEST FOR ANIONS


Carbonate(CO3 2-) - add dilute acid, test gas released - produce CO2, turn
limewater milky
Chloride(CL-) - acidifify with dilute nitric acid & add aq silver nitrate -
white precipitate formed
Bromide(Br-) - ______________________"___________________ - cream precipitate
formed
Iodide(l-) - ______________________"___________________ - Yellow
Precipitate formed
Sulfate(SO4 2-)- ______________________"________ barium Nitrate - White precipitate
formed

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