Flame Test and Confirmation Test- Triple only Flashcards
Colour of Sodium Na+
Bright Orange/Yellow
Colour of Potassium K+
Lilac
Colour of Calcium Ca2+
Red
Colour of Lithium, Li+
Crimson
Colour of Barium, Ba2+
Green
How do you carry out a flame test?
Dip the wire in HCl
Dip it in the sample
Place in a blue flame
Record colour
Clean the wire with Conc HCl
What substance do you use for the confirmation test?
Sodium Hydroxide
NaOH
Aluminium Al3+ with Sodium Hydroxide
White insoluble precipitate
That does dissolve
Calcium Ca+ with Sodium Hydroxide
White insoluble precipitate
That doesn’t dissolve
Magnesium Mg2+ with Sodium Hydroxide
White insoluble precipitate
That doesn’t dissolve
Copper (II) Cu 2+
Blue insoluble precipitate
Iron (II) Fe 2+
Green insoluble precipitate
Iron (II) Fe 3+
Brown insoluble precipitate
How do you carry out the sodium hydroxide test?
Dissolve the salt in water
Add 4 drops of sodium hydroxide
Add 2 pipette full of sodium hydroxide