XI

ICHEMISTRYPRACTI
CALNOTES
EXPERI
MENTNO. 11
Inor
gani
cSal
tAnal
y si
s
A]Phy
sical
Char
act
eri
sti
cs:

i
)Text
ure :
Cry
stall
ine
i
i
)Colour :
Col
ourless
i
i
i)Sol
ubi
li
ty :
Sol ubl
einwat
er

B]Pr
eli
minar
yTest
s:

Exper
iment Obser
vat
ion I
nfer
ence

i
)Dr ytesttubeheati
ng:Cr acki
ng sound i s MaybeNO3−
Li
ttl
esampl eistakenin observ
ed and reddi
sh
a dr y test t
ube and br owngasi
sevol
ved
heated
2+
i
i)FlameTest : A cri
mson r
ed f
lamei
s MaybeSr
The pl ati
num wi re is obser
ved
moi st
ened wi
th
concentrateHCl,takenin
awat chgl assandt hen
the pl ati
num wi re is
touched tot he sample
and then t aken tot he
oxidati
onf l
ame.

i
ii
)Conc.H2SO4+Copper Reddish br
own gas is NO3−maybepr
esent
chi
pstest: evol
ved wit
h pungent
Totheli
tt
lesampletaken smell
i
nat esttube,2-
3dr ops
ofconcH2SO4 isadded
and t
ot hatfew copper
chi
psareadded
C]Gr
oupsepar
ati
ont
abl
e:

Tot
hewat
ersol
uti
onoft
hesampl
edi
l
uteHCl
isaddedandf
il
ter
ed.
Residue: Fi
l
trat
e:Tot
heaci
dif
iedsol
uti
onH2Sgasi
spassedandf
il
ter
ed.
Group-I
preci
pita Resi due: Fi
l
trat
e:Thefi
lt
ratei
sheatedtoboilof
fH2S,andt
hen2-3dr
opsofconc.
teisnot Group- II HNO3isaddedandheated.Thenpinchofsol
idNH4Cl
and5-6dr
opsof
obtained precipit ate NH4OHsolut
ionisaddedandfil
ter
ed.
,
2+
Pb i s i
snot
Resi due: Fi
ltrate:Tot hefi
lt
rat epinchofsol idNH4Cl and5- 6dr ops
absent obt ained,
2+ 2+ Group- II
I ofNH4OHsol ut
ioni saddedandt oi tH2Sgasi spassed
Cu , Pb
3+ preci pi
tat
e andf il
tered.
andAs
i
snot Residue: Fil
trat e:Thefiltrateisheatedt oboi loff
i
sabsent
obt ained, Group–I V H2S, andt henpi nchofsol idNH4Cl and5-6
3+
Fe and precipit
ateis dr opsofNH4OHsol utioni
saddedt hent o
3+
Al is notobt ained, thatpi nchofsol id( NH4)2CO3isadded
2+ 2+
absent Zn , Ni, mi xedwel lbyshaki ngandf il
tered.
Co2+and Resi due: Filt
rate:
2+
Mn maybe Gr oup–Vpr eci pitateis Discar ded
2+ 2+
maybe obt ained,Ba , Ca and
2+
absent Sr maybepr esent

D]Conf
ir
mat
oryt
estf
orbasi
cradi
cal
:

Exper
iment Obser
vati
on I
nfer
ence
2+
a) To t he sampl e A whi t
e preci
pit
atei
s Sr i
onisconf
irmed
sol
uti
on few drops of obt
ained
ammonium sulphat
e
sol
uti
onisadded

E]Conf
ir
mat
oryt
estf
oraci
dradi
cal
:

Exper
iment Observ
ati
on I
nfer
ence
To thesampl e sol
ution Abrownringisf
ormedat NO3 i
sconf
ir
med
few dr ops of f r
eshlyt hejunct
ionoftheacid
prepared f
errous andthesamplesol
uti
on
sulphate soluti
on i s
added and t hen conc
H2SO4 solut
ionisadded
byt heinnersideofthe
testtube

F]Conclusions:
2+
BasicRadicalpresent
:Sr
AcidRadicalpresent: NO3

Reacti
ons:
2+
a)ReactionsforSr :
Sr(NO3)2(aq)+(NH4)2SO4(aq) SrSO4(
s) +2NH4NO3(
aq)
Whit
eppt
b)ReactionsforNO3:
Sr(
NO3)2(aq)+6FeSO4( aq)+4H2SO4  2NO( aq)+3Fe2(
SO4)
3 +Sr
SO4(
s)+
H2O(l
)

FeSO$(
aq)+NO( l
aq)+H2O() [
Fe(
H2O)5NO]
SO4(
s)
Brownri
ng