Experiment no.

Date:

AIM: To identify one acidic and one basic radical in a given salt.

Materials required: Test tube, test tube stand, glass rod, salt, bunsen burner chemicals etc.

Physical identification of the salt: white coloured salt, soluble in water.

Procedure:

EXPERIMENT OBSERVATION INFERENCE

A. Test for acidic radical

Dilute H2SO4 group absent, i.e.
1. A pinch of salt is taken No observation. CO32-, S2-, NO2- , SO32-
and dil.H2SO4 is added. absent.

2. To another pinch of salt No observation. Conc. H2SO4 group absent, i.e

conc. H2SO4. CI-, Br-, I-, NO3- etc. absent.

3. To the salt solution BaCl2 White ppt. is obtained which

solution is added. is insoluble in HCl.
SO42- is present and
confirmed.

B. Test for basic radical

1. A pinch of salt is taken

in a test tube and No smell of NH3 observed.
Group zero, i.e. NH4+ absent.
conc. NaOH solution is
added and heated.

2. To the sample solution No ppt. is obtained.

Group I absent.
add dil. HCl.
Group II absent.
3. To the same solution No ppt is obtained.
H2S is added.
 4. To original solution
NH4Cl is added Gelatinous white ppt. is Group III present.
followed by addition obtained.
of NH4OH in excess.

5. Dissolve the ppt in HCl Bluish white ppt floating like Al+3 confirmed.
and add two drops of lake is formed.
blue litmus solution
followed by addition
of NH4OH.

Conclusion: Thus the given salt contains SO42-as acidic radical and Al+3 as basic radical. The
composition of the salt given is Al2(SO4)3.

NOTE: CHEMICAL REACTIONS TO BE WRITTTEN ON THE WHITE PAGE

Chemical reactions involved:

Test for acidic radical:

Al2(SO4)3 + 3BaCl2 3BaSO4 + 2AlCl3.

Test for basic radical: