For Caa2 - Calcium Chloride

AIM - To analyze the given salt for one anion and one cation present in it.

Mllltertal required - Boiling tubes, test tubes, test tube holder, test tube stand, delivery tube, corks, filter
papers, reagents

Preliminary tesu

Colour of the salt - White amorphous solid

Smetl (Odour) - Odourless

Solublllty- Soluble in water

Dry Heating Test-

Flame test (Pmte of salt with corK. HOJ - Briclc Red

For acidic radical -

S.N o. Experiment
ObSttVllltlon lnfffence
1. Treated 0 .1 g of salt with 1 ml diLH,so. and No effervescence and co, .... so,>-, s'-. No,-
warmed evolution of vapours. . CH, coo- absent.
2. Heated 0 .1 s of salt with l ml cone. H2S04 A colourless sas with ci- Maybe
pungent smell,
3. Rod dipped in ammoniu m hydroxide is brought Gives dense white er- May be
near the mouth of the test tube fumes
4. Take 0 .1 g of salt, add a pinch of manganese Greenish yellow gas is er- Confirmed
dioxide and 3-4 drops of cone. sulphuric acid and evolved
Heat the mixture
5. Chromyl Ch loride Test - Take 0.1 g salt and a pillch Solution becomes CJ- Confirmed
of solid potassium dichromate in a test tube, add yellow
cone. H, SO,, heat and pass the gas evolved
through sodium hydroxide solution
6. Acidify t he solution with acetic acid and add lead yellow precipitate is o- Confirmed
acdate solution formed

For Basic Radkal -

S.N o. Experimrnt Observation Inference

1. Heated 0 .1 g of salt with 2 ml NaOH solution No smell is obtained NH.• Absent (Zero
Group absentl
2. Dissolve the salt In dn. Hd No precipitate formed Group-I Absent
3. Passed H2S gas through one portion of the No precipitate formed Grou1>-II Absent
solution
4. Heat with cone HNO,, Add about 0.1 g of solid No precipitate formed Group-Ill Absent
ammonium chloride and then added ex,cess of
ammonium hydroxide to the solutioo
5. Passed H1 S gas throush the above solution No precipitate formed Group-IV Absent
6. Add Ammonium chloride in salt solution and heat White precipitate Group-V Present
t hen .idd e.xcess of ammonium .hydroxide solution formed
 to the original solution and then added 05 B of
ammonium carbonate
7. Dissolve white precipitate by boiling wilh White precipitate of Ca" May be
dilute acetic acid and divide the solution Into calcium oiralate is
three parts obtained
•ro the first part add ammonium o,calate solution
and shake well
8. Perform ·the flame test with the preserttd A brick 'red flame, which Ca'' Co11firmed
precipitate looks srttn~low
through blue glass

Note - Preserve a small amount of the precipitate for flame test.

Result-
The given salt contains-An ionic Radical-cl- & Cationic Radical- Ca''
And the formula of slllt will - CaCI,

Reactions - (For Chloride Ion)

Hd NH.Cl
MnO, + 2Ct- + 2H, SO. so,- + MnSO, + 2H, O +Cl,
1

4(1- + K,Cr,O, + 6H,SO. lKHSO, + lCrO,CI, + 4Hso,- + 3H20

CrO,CI, + 4NaOH Na,CrO, + 2NaCI + H,O

Reactions for Ca•• Ion -

ca·'+ NH, CO, CaC01 (White ppl) + NH•·

CaCO, + lCH,COOH (CH,COOl,Ca (Soluble) + H,O + CO,
(CH,COO ),Ca + (NH.),C,O, lCH,COONH, + eac,o, (White ppll