NH4 CL
NH4 CL
Aim To analyse the given salt of acidic and basic radical (NH,CI)
Preliminary Investigation
Physical state Solid
Colour white (Cu Fe, Fe Ni*, Mn*. Co absent)
Ammonium smell (NH; may be present)
Odour
Soluble in water
Solubility No characteristic flame (Cu*, Ca", Ba* Sr*.Pb2, Zn*absent)
Flame Test
Identification of Acidic Radical
(A)
a- Preliminarytest: Observation Inference
Experiment No gas is evolved
Group A anion
Salt solution dil HSO, solution
co.CH,co0, NO2.Sa.S*, absent)
+
of NH CI
(b) ConfirmativeTest: Observation Inference
Experiment Curdy white ppt
CI confirmed
Salt Solution +
1 AgNO, test:
AgNO3. White ppt soluble in
Dissolve the ppt in NH,OH
NH,OH Cr confirmed
Chromyl chloride Test: Reddish orange gas
2 is evolved
(1:2)
a) Salt+Solid KCr0,
Heat
+conc. HSO4 +
Solution be comes
b) Pass these vapour through
yellow
NaOH
acetic acid and lead Yellow ppt of lead
c) Add chromate is formed.
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Identification of Basic Radical
Preliminary Test:
|Experiment | Observation
1Saltsolution- NaOH+ Smell of Ammonia Inference
Heat | Zero group (NH,)
| 2 Place a red litmus on the Red litmus turns May be
Confirmative Test: mouth of test tube blue
Experiment
Nessler Test: Salt solution
Nessler'sreagent
+ NaOH+ Observation
Reddish brown ppt is Inference
NaOH Test: Salt formed NH Confirmed
Solution+
Bring a glass rod dipped in dilNaOH+ Heat Smell of NH
HCI NH Confirmed
white dense fumes of
Preliminary Test: NH,Cl are formed
2NH,CI+ H,SO, Heat S0,+2HCI
Hg
NaOH Test: I (lodide of millon
NH4CI+ NaOH base)
NaCl +
H,0+ NH, (g