seperate chemistry 2 Flashcards
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Flame tests
First clean a nichrome wire loop by dipping in hydrochloric acid then rinse in distilled water
Dip wire in sample of substance and put in blue part of flame
record what colour flame turns
Flame test result for Lithium
red
Flame test result for sodium
yellow
Flame test result for pottasium
lilac
Flame test result for calcium
orange-red
Flame test result for copper
blue-green
Precipitate test
Many metals are insoluble and precipitate out of solution when formed. Some take a characteristic colour
First add drops of sodium hydroxide solutiom.
If a hydroxide precipitate forms, you can use its colour to tell which ion was in compound
What substances do we use in precipitate test
Aluminium
calcium
copper
Fe(II)
Fe(III)
Precipitate colour that forms in aluminium
white but redisolves in excess NaOH
Precipitate colour that forms in calcium
white
Precipitate colour that forms in copper
blue
Precipitate colour that forms in Fe(II)
green
Precipitate colour that forms in Fe(III)
brown
What happens when you add NAOH to Ammonium ions
Produces ammonia
how do you test for ammonia
holding damp red litmus paper over it
Tests for Anions
Test for Halides using silver Nitrate solution.
Test for Carbonates using dilute acid
Test for Sulfate ions using Barium Chloride solution
Test for Halides
Chloride, bromide, iodide
Add some dilute nitric acid followed by a few drops of silver nitrate solution.
Halide test result for chloride
white precipitate of silver chloride
Halide test result for bromide
Cream precipitate of silver bromide
Hallide test result for iodide
yellow precipitate of silver iodide
Test for Carbonates
add some dilute acid
if carbonate solution present the mixture should fizz because a reaction causes carbon dioxide gas to be produced.
You can check if it is carbon dioxide by bubbling it throughlimewater. and it turns milky
Test for sulfate ions
first add dilute hydrochloric acid- this stops any preciptation reactions not involving sulfate ions to take place
Then add barium chloride solution.
if present white precipiate of barium sulfate forms
how to work out the different ions in a solution
using flame photometry
using machines
using machines
very sensitiv
very fast
very accurate