COLOURS Flashcards
Iron(II) metal ion
Green, turns orange/brown when left exposed due to oxidation
Iron (III) metal ion
Orange brown
Copper (II) metal ion
Blue
Compound to add when don’t know if the substance is iron (II) or iron(III) nitrate?
NaOH
If green, will be iron (II) if orange brown, will be iron(III)
zinc (II) when added NaOH
White ppt
zinc (II) when added NaOH in excess
Ppt redissolves
Calcium (II) when added NaOH
White ppt
Calcium (II) when added NaOH in excess
No change
Al (III) when added NaOH
White ppt
Al (III) when added NaOH in excess
White ppt redissolves
zinc (II) when added dilute ammonia
White
Calcium (II) when added dilute ammonia
None formed
Al (III) when added dilute ammonia
White
Zn (II) when added dilute ammonia in excess
Redissolves
Calcium (II) when added dilute ammonia in excess
No ppt
Al (III) when added dilute ammonia in excess
No change
Lithium flame test
Red
Sodium flame test
Yellow orange
Potassium flame test
Lilac
Calcium flame test
Brick red
Barium flame test
Apple green
strontium flame test
Crimson
Copper flame test
Green-turquoise
Magnesium flame test
No colour
Beryllium flame test
no colour
NH3 gas test
Red litmus paper turns blue
Ca(OH)2 ppt colour
White ppt
Ba(OH)2 ppt colour
Colourless
NO2 fumes colour
Brown fumes
Limewater when CO2 present
Cloudy
Fluorine gas colour
Pale yellow gas
Chlorine gas colour
Pale green gas
Bromine liquid colour
Dark red liquid
Iodine solid colour
Black, but readily sublimes to form purple vapour.
Chlorine in water
Almost colourless, faintly green
Bromine in water
Yellow orange
Iodine in water
Brown
Chlorine in hexane
Almost colourless
Bromine in hexane
Orange red
Iodine in hexane
Pink/violet
Hydrogen halides dissolve in water to produce acids, what colour does the blue litmus turn?
red
Fluoride ion ppt colour
None
Chloride ion ppt
White
Bromide ion colour
Cream
Iodide ion colour
Yellow
AgCl with ammonia
Dissolved colourless solution.
AgBr and ammonia colour
ppt Unchanged
AgBr in conc ammonia
Gives colourless solution
AgI and ammonia
Doesn’t dissolve
AgI with conc ammonia
doesnt dissolve
Test for alkene
Br water decolourised from brown to colourless.
Ignition of alkene
Very sooty. Orange flame
Ignition of alkanes
No soot visible. Yellow
bromide with alkane
Yellow. Br colour still there
Darker yellow when in the dark
bromine with alkene
colourless
Potassium manganate and sulfuric acid with alkane
Purple
Potassium manganate and sulfuric cid with alkene
Purple-orange-colourless
Potassium dichromate solution with solution hat oxidised
Orange to green