Salt analysis 4 Flashcards
CONFIRMATIVE TEST for Test for Carbonate
- Add dil. HCl to the salt solution. Heat it.
- Brisk effervescence of a colourless and odourless gas evolves. Pass this gas through limewater, it turns milky.
3, CO32-
Confirmed
confirmative test for halogen
- Salt + water. Add AgNO3
a. White ppt soluble in NH4OH : Cl- confirmed
b. Pale yellow ppt partially soluble in NH4OH : Br- confirmed
c. Yellow ppt insoluble in NH40H : I- confirmed
CHROMYL
CHLORIDE TEST-
- Mix a little salt with K2Cr2O7 and conc. H2SO4. Heat it.
Pass the red vapors through NaOH.
Add Acetic acid and lead acetate
- Red vapours
Yellow color
Yellow ppt
Cl- confirmed
- Reddish brown layer : Br- confirmed
Test for Acetate
- Dissolve a little salt in
Water and add neutral
FeCl3. Dilute the above solution and boil. - Brown solution : CH3COO confirmed
Reddish brown ppt : CH3COO- confirmed
Test for Sulphide
- Salt + water. Heat and add lead acetate.
- Black ppt : S2- confirmed
Test for Nitrate
- Salt +water. Add freshly prepared FeSO4 solution and con H2SO4 through the side of test tube.
- Brown ring formed at the junction of two liquids : NO3- Confirmed
Test for Phosphate presence
- Salt + water. Add conc. HNO3 and ammonium
molybdate and heat the contents.
Canary yellow color or ppt. : PO4 3-
Test for Phosphate confirmation
Salt + water. Add NH4OH and CaCl2.
A White ppt soluble in dil. HCl or dil. HNO3 : PO43- confirmed
Test for sulphate presence
Salt + water. Add BaCl2.
White ppt insoluble in dil. HCl and dil. HNO3
SO42- present
test for sulphate confirmation
Salt + water. Add lead acetate.
White ppt insoluble in dil. HCl but soluble in ammonium acetate solution : So4 2- confirmed