Chemical Analysis of Salts: Anions and Cations
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Preliminary Test
Color of the Salt | Colourless | Absence of Cu 2+, Fe 2+, etc |
Odour of the Salt | Ammoniacal smell Vinegar smell | NH4 Acetate ion |
Solubility | In water with no precipitate with Na2CO3 In dil HCl, soluble | NH4 No Group 1 cations |
Salt is heated in a dry test tube | Colorless gas turns milky Reddish brown fumes Smell of ammonia Pleasant smell | Carbonate Nitrate ion NH4 Acetate ion |
Flame Test | Pale green Brick red | Ba Ca |
Ash Test | Blue ash | Al |
Systematic Analysis for Anions
Dil HCl is added to a little of the salt | Brisk effervescence of a colorless gas | CO3 |
Salt is rubbed with dil H2SO4 in a watch glass | Vinegar smell | Acetate |
Salt is heated with conc H2SO4 | Colorless pungent smelling gas is evolved and dense white fumes are produced when a glass rod dipped in NH4OH is shown near the mouth |