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Barium Chloride -5

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EXPERIMENT NO:
DATE:
BARIUM CHLORIDE
AIM:
To analyse the given salt and identify its acid and basic
radical.

EXPERIMENT OBSERVATION INFERENCE

PRELIMINARY TEST:
Note the colour of the salt. Colourless Absence of copper, nickel,
cobalt, manganese
Added distilled water to The salt was soluble Absence of heavy metals
the salt taken in clean dry carbonates
test tube.
Added one drop of No characteristic ash is Absence of aluminium,
dil.cobalt nitrate to the salt formed zinc, magnesium
solution. Dipped a filter
paper and burned it.
Made a paste of the salt Apple green flame was Presence of barium
with conc.HCl in a watch obtained chloride indicated
glass. Introduced a little of
the paste into the blue part
of the flame.
INDICATORY TESTS:
Added dil.H2SO4 to the salt No characteristic Absence of carbonate,
taken in a test tube. change sulphate, sulphide and
nitrite
Added conc.H2SO4 to the A colourless gas with a Presence of chloride
salt taken in a test tube. pungent smell evolved indicated
which formed white
fumes with a rod dipped
in NH4OH solution
PREPARATION OF Na2Co3 EXTRACT:
Take one spatula of the given salt, two spatula of Na2Co3 and 20ml of distilled
water in a boiling test tube and boiled the contents for 10 minutes. Cooled and

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filtered the solution to obtain the clear extract. Performed the confirmatory tests
for anion.
CONFIRMATORY TEST FOR CHLORIDE:
Added MnO2 and A greenish yellow gas Presence of Chloride
conc.H2SO4 to the salt and was obtained. confirmed
heated
Acidified the extract with A curdy white Presence of Chloride
dil.HNO3 acid and added precipitate was formed confirmed
AgNO3 solution which was soluble in
NH4OH.
CHROMYL CHLORIDE
TEST:
Added a pinch of K2Cr2O7 Red oily vapours evolved Presence of Chloride
and conc. H2SO4 to the salt which gave a yellow confirmed
and heated precipitate with lead
acetate solution
TEST FOR GROUP O
CATION:
The salt was heated with No Ammonia evolved. Absence of ammonia
conc.NaOH solution. indicated
Inter Group Separation: The Original salt solution (OSS) was prepared with
water.
To the OSS added dil.HCl No white precipitate was Absence of group I
obtained. radicals
To the above solution No characteristic Absence of group II
passed H2S precipitate was radicals
obtained.
To the OSS added solid No characteristic Absence of group III
NH4Cl and NH4OH precipitate was radicals
obtained.
To the above solution No characteristic Absence of group IV
passed H2S precipitate was radicals
obtained.
To the OSS added solid A white precipitate was Presence of group V
NH4Cl, NH4OH solution obtained radicals
and (NH4)2CO3 solution
CONFIRMATORY TEST FOR GROUP V - BARIUM

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To OSS added potassium A yellow precipitate was Presence of barium

chromate solution obtained confirmed
To the OSS added A white precipitate Presence of barium
(NH4)2SO4 solution confirmed
To the OSS added A white precipitate was Presence of barium
ammonium oxalate obtained. confirmed
solution

Chemical Equations for Ba2+:

BaCl2 + K2CrO4 BaCrO4 + HCl
(Yellow Precipitate)

BaCl2 + (NH4)2SO4 BaSO4 + NH4Cl

(White Precipitate)

RESULT:
Acid Radical: Chloride
Basic radical: Barium
The given salt is: Barium chloride

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