Strontiumchloridenew

Analysis of simple salt – (Strontium chloride)
Experiment Observation Inference

1. Colour: Colour of Colourless Absence of copper, nickel
the salt is noted and manganese salts.
2. Smell: Smell of the No characteristic smell Absence of ammonium or
salt is noted acetate salts.
3. Action of heat: No characteristic Absence of ammonium,
A pinch of salt in observation. carbonate, zinc salts etc.,
the dry test tube is
heated.
4. Flame test:
A pinch of salt is Crimson red colour flame. May be presence of
taken in a watch strontium salt.
glass and made into
a paste with Conc.
HCl. Introduce the
paste into luminous
part of the flame.
5. Ash test:
To the pinch of salt No characteristic coloured Absence of Aluminium,
taken in a test tube, ash. Zinc and Magnesium
few drops of cobalt salts.
nitrate solution is
added. A filter
paper is soaked
into the solution
and burn it until it
turns into ash.
Dry tests:
1. Dil HCl test: To the No brisk effervescence is Absence of carbonate ion.
pinch of salt taken seen.
in a test tube, few
drops of Dil. HCl is
added.
2. Conc. H2SO4 test: Colourless gas which Presence of Chloride ion.
To the pinch of salt gives dense white fumes
taken in a test tube, with a glass rod dipped in
few drops of Conc. ammonium hydroxide is
H2SO4 is added and formed.
heated slightly.
3. MnO2 test: To a Greenish yellow gas Presence of chloride ion.
pinch of a salt in which turns starch iodide
the test tube add paper blue is formed.
half a pinch of
MnO2 and then add
few drops of conc.
H2SO4 and heat.
4. Chromyl chloride
test: To the pinch
of salt taken in a
test tube, a pinch of
potassium Yellow orange vapours.
dichromate and few
drops of Conc. Presence of chloride ion is
H2SO4 is added and confirmed.
then heated gently.
The vapours are

allowed to pass
through a solution Yellow precipitate is
containing NaOH, formed.
dil. Acetic acid and
lead acetate
solution.
5. Copper turning No red brown fumes. Absence of nitrate ion.
test: To the pinch
of salt taken in a
test tube, add
copper turnings and
Conc. H2SO4 and
heated.
6. Ferric chloride test: No red precipitation. Absence of acetate ion.
To the pinch of salt
taken in a test tube,
add few ml of
neutral ferric
chloride solution
and heated.
7. Ester test: To a No characteristic Absence of acetate ion.
pinch of salt add observation.
few mL of ethyl
alcohol and few
drops of conc.
H2SO4 and warm
heat it gently.
Preparation of sodium carbonate extract: To one part of salt, add twice the amount
of sodium carbonate in a boiling tube and then add around 20mL of distilled water to
it and boil it carefully. Cool the content and filter it. Label the filterate as sodium
carbonate extract (SCE).
1. Silver nitrate test: Curdy white precipitate Presence of chloride ion is
To a part of SCE, which is soluble in excess confirmed.
add dil. HNO3 of ammonium hydroxide
untill the solution is obtained.
effervescences
ceases and then add
few drops of silver
nitrate solution.
2. Barium chloride No characteristic Absence of sulphate ion.
test: To a part of observation.
SCE, add dil. HCl
untill the
effervescences
ceases and then add
few drops of BaCl2
solution to it.
3. Lead acetate test: No characteristic Absence of sulphate ion.
To a part of SCE, observation.
add dil. Acetic acid
untill the
effervescences
ceases and then add
few drops of lead
acetate solution to
it.
4. Brown ring test: To No characteristic Absence of nitrate ion.
a part of SCE, add observation.
dil. H2SO4 untill
the effervescences
ceases and then add
freshly prepared
ferrous sulphate
solution to it and
finally add Conc.
Sulphuric acid
slowly along the
inner sides of the
test tube.
5. To a part of SCE, No characteristic Absence of phosphate ion.
add few drops of observation.
add Conc. HNO3 in
excess and allow it
to boil until all the
vapours get
evolved. Then cool
the content slowly
and add ammonium
molybdate reagent
to it.
6. To a part of SCE, No characteristic Absence of phosphate ion.
add few drops of observation.
dil. HCl and heat
and cool it. Then
add magnesia
mixture to the
content.
Basic radical Analysis - Group Analysis

Preparation of original salt solution (OS): To a pinch of salt taken in a test tube add
20 mL of distilled water and shaken well.
1. Zero Group radical: No characteristic Absence of zero group
To a pinch of salt observation. radical – Ammonium ion.
taken in a test tube,
few drops NaOH
solution is added
and heated.
2. To a part of OS, No White precipitate. Absence of I group radical
add dil. HCl. – Lead ion.
3. To a part of OS, No black precipitate. Absence of II group
add dil. HCl and radical – Copper ion.
YAS solution.
4. To a part of OS, No gelatinous white Absence of III group
add NH4Cl and precipitate. radical – Aluminium ion.
NH4OH solution.
5. To a part of OS, No characteristic Absence of IV group
add NH4Cl, precipitate. radicals. – (Ni2+, Mn2+,
NH4OH and YAS Zn2+)
solution.
6. To a part of OS, White precipitate is Presence of V group
add NH4Cl, obtained. radicals.-(Ba2+, Sr2+, Ca2+)
NH4OH and
(NH4)2CO3
solutions.
Confirmatory test: For Strontium radical:
To a part of OS, add No yellow precipitate. Absence of Barium ion.
potassium chromate
solution.
To a part of OS add White precipitate is Presence of Strontium
ammonium sulphate formed. radical is confirmed.
solution.
Result:
1. The given acid radical is chloride.
2. The given basic radical is strontium.
3. So, the given simple salt is Strontium chloride.

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Experiment Observation Inference

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Basic radical Analysis - Group Analysis

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