Analysis of simple salt – (Lead acetate)

Experiment Observation Inference

1. Colour: Colour of Colourless. Absence of copper,
the salt is noted Manganese, Nickel and
Ferric.
2. Smell: Smell of the Vinegar smell. May be presence of
salt is noted acetate radical.
3. Action of heat: Vinegar smell. May be acetate radical.
A pinch of salt in
the dry test tube is
heated.
4. Flame test:
A pinch of salt is No characteristic colour in Absence copper, barium,
taken in a watch the flame. strontium and calcium.
glass and made into
a paste with Conc.
HCl. Introduced
the paste into
luminous part of
the flame.
5. Ash test:
To the pinch of salt No characteristic coloured Absence of Aluminium,
taken in a test tube, ash. Zinc and Magnesium
few drops of cobalt
nitrate solution is
added. A filter
paper is soaked
into the solution
and burn it until it
turns into ash.
Dry tests:
1. Dil. HCl test: To No brisk effervescence. Absence of carbonate.
the pinch of salt
taken in a test tube,
few drops of Dil.
HCl is added.
2. Conc. H2SO4 test: Vinegar smell Presence of acetate.
To the pinch of salt
taken in a test tube,
few drops of Conc.
H2SO4 is added and
heated slightly.
3. MnO2 test: To a No characteristic Absence of chloride.
pinch of a salt in observation.
the test tube add
 half a pinch of
MnO2 and then add
few drops of conc.
H2SO4 and heat.
4. Chromyl chloride No yellow orange Absence of chloride.
test: To the pinch vapours.
of salt taken in a
test tube, a pinch of
potassium
dichromate and few
drops of Conc.
H2SO4 is added and
then heated gently.
5. Copper turning No red brown fumes. Absence of nitrate.
test: To th pinch of
salt taken in a test
tube, add copper
turnings and Conc.
H2SO4 and heated.
6. Ferric chloride test: Red colour solution gives Presence of acetate is
To the pinch of salt red precipitate. confirmed.
taken in a test tube,
add few ml of
neutral ferric
chloride solution
and heated.
7. Ester test: To a Fruity smelling liquid Presence of acetate is
pinch of salt add (ester) is formed. confirmed.
few mL of ethyl
alcohol and few
drops of conc.
H2SO4 and warm it
gently.

Preparation of original salt solution (OS): To a pinch of salt taken in a test tube add
10 mL of distilled water and shaken well.
Experiment Observation Inference
1. Silver nitrate test: No characteristic Absence of chloride.
To a part of OS, observation.
add few drops of
silver nitrate
solution.
2. Barium chloride No characteristic Absence of sulphate.
test: To a part of observation.
 OS add BaCl2
solution.
3. Lead acetate test: No characteristic Absence of sulphate.
To a part of OS, observation.
add lead acetate
solution.
4. Brown ring test: To No characteristic Absence of nitrate.
a part of OS, add observation.
twice the part of
freshly prepared
ferrous sulphate
solution and then
add Conc.
Sulphuric acid
slowly along the
inner sides of the
test tube.
5. To the part of OS, No characteristic Absence of phosphate.
add Conc. HNO3 in observation.
excess and allow it
to boil until all the
vapours get
evolved. Then cool
the content slowly
and add ammonium
molybdate reagent.
6. To the part of OS, No characteristic Absence of phosphate.
add dil. HCl and observation.
heat and cool it.
Then add magnesia
mixture to the
content.

Basic radical Analysis - Group Analysis

1. Zero Group radical: No characteristic Absence of zero group
To a pinch of salt observation. radical – Ammonium.
taken in a test tube,
few drops NaOH
solution is added
and heated.
2. To a part of OS add White precipitate of PbCl2 Presence of I group
dil. HCl. is obtained. radical – Lead.
Confirmatory test: For Lead radical:
Experiment Observation Inference
To a part of OS, add Yellow precipitate which Presence of Lead radical
potassium iodide solution. dissolves on heating and is confirmed.
reappears on cooling as
golden yellow spangles.

Result:
1. The given acid radical is acetate.
2. The given basic radical is Lead.
3. So, the given simple salt is Lead acetate.