Unknown Sample Analysis: 2

EXPERIMENT OBSERVATION INFERENCE

1. Physical Examination :

a. Noted the colour of the given salt. white Cu2+ , Fe2+, Fe3+ , Ni2+ , Mn2+, Co2+
absent.

b. noted the smell of the salt. Ammonia like odour. NH4+ may be present.

2. Dry Heating test :

Heated a pinch of salt in a dry test tube White sublimation formed. Ammonium halide may be
and noted the observation : present.

Sublimation

3. Flame test: Prepared a paste of the No characteristic colour is found. No inference can be made.
salt in conc. HCl and performed flame
test.

4. Dil. Sulphuric acid test: Treated a No gas evolved. CO32- , S2-,NO2- ,SO32- may be
pinch of salt with dil. H2SO4 and absent.
warmed.

5. Conc. Sulphuric acid test: Treated a Colourless gas with pungent smell, Chloride may be present.
pinch of salt with dil. H2SO4 and produced that gave white fumes with
warmed. aqueous ammonia.

6. Confirmatory test for Chloride ion: Evolution of greenish yellow gas having
a. Heated a pinch of salt with MnO2 and pungent smell. It turned moist starch Cl- ion present and confirmed.
conc. H2SO4. iodide paper blue.

b. Acidify a portion of aqueous solution A white ppt was formed.

with dil HNO3 , boiled for some time,
cooled and AgNO3 Soln was added.

7. Heated the pinch of salt with conc. Ammonia gas evolved which when
NaOH solution. passed through Nessler’s reagent, NH4+ ion present and confirmed.
brown ppt was formed.

RESULT:
Acid Radical: Cl-
Basic Radical: NH4+