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Qualitative Analysis Flashcards

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1
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What charge ions do flame tests test for?

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Positive ions

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2
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Why can you use flame tests to identify the metal ion of a compound?

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Metals burn with a characteristic colour and therefore goes a distinctive colour over a flame

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Describe the lab method of a flame test.

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Clean the nichrome wire with hydrochloric acid and hold in a blue flame.
Dip wire into solid sample
Hold over a blue flame
Determine colour and identify ions.

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4
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Colour of Li+ ions

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Crimson

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5
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Colour of Na+ ions

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Yellow

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6
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Colour of K+ ions

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Lilac

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7
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Colour of Cu2+ ions

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Blue/green

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8
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The colour of Ca2+ ions

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Orange/red

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9
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What colour precipitate is formed when copper compounds react with NaOH

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Blue precipitate

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10
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What colour precipitate is formed when Iron(II) compounds react with NaOH

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A green precipitate

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What colour precipitate is formed when iron(III) compounds react with NaOH

A

Brown precipitate

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12
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What colour precipitate is formed when magnesium compounds react with NaOh

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White precipitate

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13
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What colour precipitate is formed when aluminium compounds react with NaOH

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White precipitate that’s soluble in excess

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14
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What colour precipitate is formed when calcium compounds react with NaOH

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White precipitate

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15
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How to test for carbonate ions

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Add 3cm3 or dilute HCl to carbonate solid salt
Test gas with limewater -> cloudy if CO2

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16
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How to test for alkenes

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Bromine water orange to colourless

17
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Test for chlorine

A

Bleaches damp litmus paper white

18
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Test for hydrogen

A

Burns with a squeaky pop

19
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Test for oxygen

A

Relights a glowing splint

20
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What compound do you use to detect halide ions?

A

Silver nitrate

21
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Method for determining halide ions

A

Acidify salt with few drops of nitric acid then add drops of silver nitrate

22
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What colour would a chloride precipitate turn with silver nitrate?

A

White precipitate (WC-bleach toilet, white chlorine)

23
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What colour would bromide precipitate turn with silver nitrate?

A

Cream precipitate ( BC )

24
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What colour would a iodide precipitate turn with silver nitrate?

A

yellow precipitate

25
Q

How do you identify sulphate ions SO4^2-

A

Acidly with a few drops HCl then add barium chloride = white precipitate

26
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How do you determine anions?

A

Using precipitation reaction

27
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What colour do sulphate ion precipitate go with barium chloride?

A

White precipitate

28
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What is Flame emission spectroscopy?

A

Measure of wavelength of light in a flame to identify all of the ions in that mixture

29
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In flame emission spectroscopy how do you find concentration of ions?

A

Measure the light intensity of the flame with that wavelength for the ion

30
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Advantages of flame spectroscopy machine

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Very quick and accurate, can find more data as it is density e

31
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DisAdvantages of flame spectroscopy machine

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Expensive, need training to understand, complex data findings

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