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Tips on Inorganic Chemistry:Practicals for AIEEE- II

FOR CATIONS

A)Group reagent: Hydrochloric acid, hydrogen sulphide, ammonium sulphide and ammonium carbonate.

Group

Group reagent

Basic Radical

Composition and Colour of Precipitate

1

dil. HCl

Ag+

AgCl; White

Pb2+

PbCl2; White

Hg22+

Hg2Cl2; White

2

H2S

Hg2+

HgS; Black

Pb2+

PbS: Black

Bi3+

Bi2S3; Black

Cu2+

CuS; Black

Cd2+

CdS; Yellow

As3+

As2S3; Yellow

Sb3+

Sb2S3; Orange

Sn2+

SnS; Brown

Sn4+

SnS2; Yellow

3.

NH4OH in presence of NH4Cl

Fe3+

Fe(OH)3; Reddish brown

Cr3+

Cr(OH)3; Green

Al3+

Al(OH)3; White

4.

H2S in presence of NH4OH

Zn2+

ZnS; Greenish White

Mn2+

MnS; Buff

Co2+

CoS; Black

Ni2+

NiS; Black

5

(NH4)2CO3 in presence of NH4OH

Ba2+

BaCO3; White

Sr2+

SrCO3; White

Ca2+

CaCO3; White

6

Na2HPO4

Mg2+

Mg(NH4)PO4; White

7

NaOH

NH4+

Ammonia gas is evolved