Chemlab: Chemistry 3/5


Qualitative Analysis of Cations

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Precipitation of Group I Chloride Salts

Ag+ + Cl- AgCl (s)

Pb2+ + Cl- PbCl2 (s)

Confirmation test for lead: Precipitation of Lead Chromate

Pb2+ + CrO42- PbCrO4 (s)

Confirmation test for silver: Precipitation of Silver Chloride

Ag+ + Cl- AgCl (s)

Precipitation of Group II Sulfides

Cu2+ + S2- CuS(s)
Confirmation test for copper: Formation of Cu2+ ion

Cu2++ 4 NH3 (aq) Cu(NH3)42+ (aq)
Confirmation test for nickel: Formation of Ni(DMGH) complex

Ni2+ (aq) + 2 DMGH- (aq)

Ni(DMGH)2 (s)
Confirmation test for Manganese: Formation of MnO4- ion

2 Mn2+(aq) + 5 HBiO3(aq) +
9 H+(aq)


2 MnO4- (aq) + 5 Bi3+ (aq) +
7 H2O
Confirmation test for iron: Fe+3 thiocyanate complex

Fe+3 (aq) + 6 SCN- (aq)

Fe(SCN)63- (aq)
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