Cation Test Flashcards
Aluminum test- adding aqueous sodium hydroxide
- White precipitate
- soluble in excess
- giving a colourless solution
Aluminum - aqueous ammonia
- White precipitate
- insoluble in excess
Ammonium-sodium hydroxide
Ammonia produced on warming
Calcium-aqueous sodium hydroxide
- white precipitate
- insoluble in excess
Calcium- aqueous ammonia
No precipitate or very slight precipitate
Chromium(lll) - aqueous sodium hydroxide
- Green precipitate
- soluble in excess
Chromium(lll)- aqueous ammonia
- Grey-green precipitate
- Insoluble in excess
Copper(ll)- aqueous sodium hydroxide
- light blue precipitate
- insoluble in excess
Copper(ll)- aqueous ammonia
- light blue precipitate
- soluble in excess
- *giving a dark blue solution
Iron(ll)- aqueous sodium hydroxide
- Green precipitate
- insoluble in excess
Iron(ll)- aqueous ammonia
- green precipitate
- insoluble in excess
Iron(lll) - aqueous sodium hydroxide
- red brown precipitate
- insoluble in excess
Iron (lll)- aqueous ammonia
- red brown precipitate
- insoluble in excess
Zinc- aqueous sodium hydroxide
- white precipitate
- soluble in excess
- giving a colourless solution
Zinc- aqueous ammonia
- White precipitate
- soluble in excess
- giving a colourless solution