Test For Aqueous Cations Flashcards
Aluminum
Aqueous sodium hydroxide: white ppt soluble in excess giving a colorless solution
Aqueous ammonia : white ppt insoluble in excess
Ammonium
Sodium hydroxide : ammonia produces on warming
Calcium
Sodium hydroxide : white ppt insoluble in excess
Aqueous ammonia: no ppt or very slight white ppt
Chromium
Sodium hydroxide : green ppt soluble in excess
Ammonia : green ppt insoluble in excess
Copper 2
Sodium hydroxide : light blue ppt insoluble in excess
Ammonia : light blue ppt double in excess giving a dark blue solution
Iron 2
Sodium hydroxide: green ppt insoluble in excess ppt turns brown near surface on standing
Ammonia: green ppt insoluble in excesss ppt turn brown on surface on standing
Iron 3
Sodium hydroxide : red brown pot insoluble in excess
Ammonia : red brown ppt insoluble in excess
Zinc
Sodium hydroxide : white ppt soluble in excess giving colorless solution
Ammonia: whit root soluble in excess giving colorless solution