Chemial Test Flashcards
Test for hydrogen
‘Pops’ with lit splint
Test for oxygen
Relights glowing splint
Test for carbon dioxide
Turns limewater milky
Test for chlorine
Bleaches damp litmus paper
Test for carbonates
Add dilute acid
Effervescence
-carbon dioxide is produced
Test for halide
Acidify with dilute nitric acid and then add
Aqueous silver nitrate
Halide test for chloride
White precipitate
Halide test for bromide
Cream precipitate
Halide test for iodide
Yellow precipitate
Test for sulphate
Add dilute hydrochloric acid then add aqueous barium chloride
White precipitate
Flame test lithium
Crimson red
Flame test sodium
Yellow orange
Flame test potassium
Lilac
Flame test calcium
Red orange
Flame test copper
Green
Test for water
Anhydrous copper (ll) sulphate
White to blue
Test for metal cation
Use aqueous sodium hydroxide
Fe3+
Brown precipitate insoluble
Fe2+
Green precipitate
Cu2+
Blue precipitate
Al3+
White precipitate
Ca2+
White precipitate
Mg2+
White precipitate