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Flowchart For The Analysis of Cations in Salts: Blue Green Brown

This flowchart summarizes the process for analyzing cations in salts. It involves performing a series of tests by adding reagents like NaOH, NH3, KI, and K3Fe(CN)6 to the cation solution and observing results like precipitation, color changes, or gas formation to determine the cation present. The tests and observations are used to systematically eliminate possibilities and identify the cation through a process of elimination.

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Flowchart For The Analysis of Cations in Salts: Blue Green Brown

This flowchart summarizes the process for analyzing cations in salts. It involves performing a series of tests by adding reagents like NaOH, NH3, KI, and K3Fe(CN)6 to the cation solution and observing results like precipitation, color changes, or gas formation to determine the cation present. The tests and observations are used to systematically eliminate possibilities and identify the cation through a process of elimination.

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Flowchart for the analysis of cations in salts

Cation solution

Test 1: add a little NaOH

Precipitation???

Coloured precipitation

No precipitate White precipitate Blue Green Brown

On heating Add excess


NaOH
Cation solution
Gas turns red litmus paper to
blue/ produce white fume
with concentrated Precipitate dissolves Precipitate does not Test 2 Add NH3
hydrochloric acid dissolves
Coloured precipitate
Blue Green Brown
Cation solution
Cation solution
Test 2 Add excess Add
Cation solution NH3 Test 2 Add excess excess Cation solution
NH3 NH3

White precipitate White precipitate Test 2 Add Nessler


Test 2 Nessler Dark blue solution
dissolves in excess insoluble in excess White reagent
reagent No
precipitate precipitate is Brown
formed
Precipitate
Brown Precipitate
Cation solution
Cation solution
Test 3 Add K3Fe(CN)6
Test 3 Add KI

No Precipitate Dark blue precipitate


Yellow Precipitate

CKL 2018 21

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