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4.6 CHEMICAL TESTS Flashcards

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How to carry out a test for hydrogen

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  • Collect a sample of gas in a test tube
  • Attempt to ignite the gas with a lit splint
  • You will hear a squeaky pop
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How to carry out a test for hydrogen

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  • Collect a sample of gas in a test tube
  • Attempt to ignite the gas with a lit splint
  • You will hear a squeaky pop
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What is the chemical reaction when testing hydrogen

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Combustion - hydrogen forming water

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How to test for oxygen

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  • Collect a sample of gas in a test tube
  • Place a glowing splint in the test tube
  • The splint will relight
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What is the chemical reaction taking place when testing for oxygen

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Combustion of the wood - Pure O2 is more concentrated that the O2 in normal air (splint combusts faster)

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How to test for the presnece of water

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  • Add anhydrous copper (II) sulfate to water
  • Will turn from white to blue
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How to test the purity of water

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  • Measure the boiling point
  • Closer to 100c = more pure
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How to test for CO2

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  • Bubble a sample of gas through limewater
  • A white precipitate forms (goes cloudy)
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How to test for CO2

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  • Bubble a sample of gas through limewater
  • A white precipitate forms (goes cloudy)
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What is the chemical reaction taking place when testing for CO2

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  • Limewater is saturated calcium hydroxide solution
  • Calcium Carbonate is the white precipitate formed with water when reacting
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How to test for chlorine

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  • Place damp blue litmus paper in a sample of the gas
  • It wil be bleached white
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What is the chemical reaction occuring, when testing for chlorine

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  • Chlorine dissolves into the dampness (water) and removes colour from blue litmus
  • It is a good bleaching agent
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How to test for ammonia

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  • Place damp red litmus paper in sample of gas
  • It will turn blue
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What is the chemical reaction taking place when testing for ammonia

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  • Ammonia acts as a base accepiting H+ ions from water
  • OH- ions remain
  • Alkaline so turns litmus blue
  • Ammonia + water -> Ammonium + hydroxide
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Describe how to conduct a flame test

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  • Dip a piece of nichrome / platinum wire into hydrochloric acid to clean the wire
  • Dip the wire into the sample of solid or solution
  • Place the tip of the wire into a non-luminous bunsen flame
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Red flame test result

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Li+

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Yellow flame test result

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Na+

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Lilac flame test result

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K+

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Orange-red flame test result

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Ca 2+

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Blue-green flame test result

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Cu 2+

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Flame test result of Li+

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Red

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Flame test result for Na+

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Yellow

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Flame test result for K+

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Lilac

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Flame test result for Ca 2+

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Orange-red

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Flame test result for Cu 2+

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Blue-green

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How to carry out a NaOH test

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  • Dissolve sample in water
  • Add a few drops of NaOH (aq)
27
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Cu 2+ result - NaOH test

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Blue precipitate forms

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Fe 3+ result - NaOH test

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Brown precipitate forms

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Fe 2+ result - NaOH test

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Green precipitate forms

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How to carry out ammonium test

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  • Dissolve sample in water
  • Add NaOH (aq) and warm it
  • Test the gas evolved with red litmus paper
  • Red litmus turns blue
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What is the chemical reaction taking place when carrying out the ammonium test

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Ammonium ions (from sample), and OH - ions (from NaOH) form ammonia

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How to test for halides

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  • Dissolve the sample in water
  • Add nitric acid
  • Add silver nitrate
33
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What ion gives a cream precipitate in silver nitrate test

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Br -

34
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What ion gives a white precipitate in the silver nitrate test

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Cl -

35
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What ion gives a yellow precipitate in the silver nitrate test

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I -

36
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Why must you add nitric acid when carrying out a silver nitrate test

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  • Ag + ions form precipitates with other anions
  • The HNO3 reacts with those anions preventing false positives
37
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Why must you add nitric acid when carrying out a silver nitrate test

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  • Ag + ions form precipitates with other anions
  • The HNO3 reacts with those anions preventing false positives
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How to test for a carbonate

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  1. Add hydrochloric acid and look for effervescence
  2. If there is effervescene bubble the gas through limewater
  3. If ions are present, the gas evolved (CO2) turns limewater cloudy
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Why must you bubble the gas evolved from a carbonate test through limewater

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Acids evolve gases that aren’t CO2, so it prevents false positives

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How to test for a sulfate

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  • Add hydrochloric acid and look for effervescence
  • If there’s no effercescence add barium chloride solution
  • If the ions are present, they will form a white precipitate with the Ba 2+ ions from the BaCl2
41
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Why must you still add HCl to a sample testing for a sulfate ion

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  • Carbonate ions also form a white precipitate with Ba 2+ ions
  • It prevents a false positive
42
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Why must you bubble the gas evolved from a carbonate test through limewater

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Acids evolve gases that aren’t CO2, so it prevents false positives

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What is the chemical reaction occuring, when testing for chlorine

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  • Chlorine dissolves into the dampness (water) and removes colour from blue litmus
  • It is a good bleaching agent

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