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What is the test and result for hydrogen
gas?
Test: add BURNING splint to the gas
Result: burns with a squeaky pop
What is the test for oxygen?
Test: add GLOWING splint to the gas
Result: splint relights
What is the test and result for carbon
dioxide gas?
Test: bubble gas into limewater
Result: limewater turns cloudy
What is the test and result for chlorine gas?
Test: add damp blue litmus paper
Result: litmus paper bleaches and turns white
What is the colour of the flame produced from lithium?
Crimson
What is the colour of the flame produced from
a COPPER containing compound?
Green
What is the colour of the flame produced from
a SODIUM containing compound?
Yellow
What is the colour of the flame produced from
a POTASSIUM containing compound?
Lilac
What is the colour of the flame produced from
a CALCIUM containing compound?
Orange-red
Which solutions produce white precipitates
with sodium hydroxide?
Solutions containing aluminium, magnesium or calcium ions
How can aluminium ions be distinguished from
calcium and magnesium ions?
Its precipitate will dissolve in excess sodium hydroxide
What colour precipitate forms from adding
sodium hydroxide to copper (II) ions?
Blue
What colour precipitate forms from adding
sodium hydroxide to iron (II) ions?
Green
What colour precipitate forms from adding
sodium hydroxide to iron (III) ions?
Brown
What is the test for carbonate ions?
Add hydrochloric acid, test gas formed with limewater