EXPERIMENT 11.

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/yse the Biven salt for acidic and
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7 0 a n a l y s e

basic radicals
Experiments
Observation8
Inference
1. Physical examination:
colour ot the given salt. White
GOtedt

Cu2, Fe2, Fe", Ni2*, Mn2, Co2

Aoted the smell of the salt. No specific odour absent.
NH,', S and CH,COo may be

2Dheating test absent

eated a pinch ot the salt
in a
dry test

tube and noted the tollowing observa

Gas etvolved A pungent smelling. colourless gas CI, Br or I may be present.

evolved. The gas gave white fumes
when a glass rod dipped in
aqueous
ammonia (NH,OH) is brought near the
mouth of the test tube.
(b) Sublimation No sublimate formed. aluminium chlo-
Ammonium halides,
be absent.
residue White
ride,
iodidemay
c) Colour of the Zn", Pb" may be absent.

Charcoal cavity test

hked a pinch of the salt with double White residue. Zn*, Pb*. Mn* etc. may be absent.
of
Na,cO, and heated the
thequantity in the
mixture
on a charcoal cavity
reducing Name.
o b a l t nitrate test
white residue added No characteristic colour. Zn3*, Mg**.A*, PO,,may be absent.
Tothe above a

drup of cobalt nitrate solution. Heated it

in oxidising flame.
e test
epared a paste of the salt in conc. Persistent grassy green flame on pro- Ba*" present.

performed the flame test. longed heating.

HUand
B o r a x bead test
/Didnot perform this test since the Cu, Ni. Fe*, Mn*, Co** may be
gven salt yas white. absent
sulphuric acid test
CO, S*, NO;, may be
ireated a pinch of the salt with d No gas evolved.
absent.
S0,
SO, and armed.
m o , test
loa pinch Pink colour of KMnO, was not CI may be absent.
warm and
of the salt added dil. H,So,
then a drop of KMnO, solu | discharged. With the evolution of
tion. yellowish green gas having
characteristic pungent smell.

.Cc.sulphuric acid test

HEated a pinch of the salt with conc. A colourless gas having pungent smell CI may be present.
lphuric acid. evolved. The gas gave white fumes
when a glass rod dipped in NH,OH
solution was brought near h e mouth

of the test tube.

 chloride
tests for sodium
10.
Corfirmatory

sodium
carbonale

obtained as
of thefiltrate
paration Labelled
(S.E)
added extract

tract of the salt,

c a r b o n a t e

about l g and
Took Na,CO,
quantity
solid
of some
Cl confirmed.
tor w h i c h was
uOetheml Boiled
formed
bout
10 of water. precipitate
and
filtered. white
ime,cooled soluble in NH,OH.
test.
nitrale
a ter a portionofS.E
with HNO,.
Acidified nitrate
added silver pungent Cl confirmed
Boiled, cooled and greenish
yellow gas
having
A
The gas
turned starch
solution
M a n g a n e s e dioxide test. evolved.
smell
salt
iodide paper blue.
a small
quantity of the
Heated dioxide and
conc

with solid
manganese
evolved.
absent.
No
ammonia gas
H,SO with conc.

Heated a pinch of salt

NaOH solution
of Original
12.
Preparation

Solution obtained
Labelled it as
Original s
Solution (0.5.)
Shook a pinch of
the salt with water. (O.S.)
Group I absent. (Pb* abse
formed.
1-2 ml No ppt.
0.S. added
uaTo a part of the
acid.
Group II absent
of dilyte hydrochloric No ppt. formed.
above solu- (Pb2*, Cu*, As", absenti
hrough part of the
a
Group Ill absent.
tion. passed HS
gas.
added No ppt. formed. (Fe, Al absent)
UTo the remaining solution,
ammonium chloride.
a pinch of solid cooled it and added
Boiled the solution,
hydroxide solution. Group IV absent.
excesofammonium of this solution,
No ppt. formed.
Through a part (Zn", Mn*, N*", Co", abe
Group V present.
passed Sgas. ammonical so White ppt. formed.
(Ca, Ba, Sr" may be preer
the remaining
lution added ammonium carbonate solu

tion.
18. Confirmatory test for Barium
Filtered the above white ppt. Dis-
solved thoppt. in hot dilute acetic acid.
Ba2 confirmed.
P o t . chromate test. To one part of Yellow ppt
few drops
the above soon, added a
of pot. omate solution.
Mame test. Performed the flame Persistent grassy green flame on Ba2 confirmed.

test with the salt. prolonged heating.

Result. Acid Radical

Basic Radical Ba2