TESTS FOR DIFFERENT SAMPLES

COLGATE
S.NO.
EXPERIMENT OBSERVATION INFERENCE
1. Preliminary Tests
Colour White
Odour Minty smell(of
colgate)
Dry Heating Colourless, CO32- may be
odourless gas. present.
Flame test Reddish Flame Ca2+ may be
present.
2. Dil H2SO4 test- Colourless, CO32- may be
To the sample, odourless gas. present.
added some drops
of Dil H2SO4.
3. Confirmatory tests.
To the sample A white ppt. CO32-confirmed
added MgSO4
solution.
Took an O.S, Brisk CO32-confirmed
added dil HCl. effervescence.
4. Conc. H2SO4 test- No change Conc. H2SO4
To the sample group absent
added some drops
of conc.H2SO4
5. Independent tests-
 For SO42- -
To the sample White ppt. SO42-confirmed.
added
BaCl2solution.
To the sample White ppt. SO42-confirmed.
added Lead
acetate soln.
For PO43--
Added conc HNO3 Deep yellow PO43- confirmed.
to O.S and boiled. colouration.
Added ammonium
Molybdate soln in
excess and again
boiled.

CATIONS

S.NO. EXPERIMENT OBSERVATION INFERENCE

6. Group 0- No change Group 0
To the sample absent
added NaOH and
heated
7. Group-1 No change Group I absent
To the sample
added dilute HCl
8. Group-II No change Group II
To the above test absent
tube added H2S
9. Group-III No change Group III
To the sample absent
added NH4OH and
NH4Cl
10. Group-IV No change Group IV
To the above test absent
tube add H2S
11. Group-V A white ppt. Group V
To the sample present.
added NH4OH, and
(NH4)2CO3 solution.
Dissolved the ppt.
in CH3COOH and
divided the solution
into 3 parts.
(i) To the first part No change Ba2+absent
added
K2CrO4solution
(ii) To the second part No change Sr2+absent
added (NH4)2SO4
(iii) To the third part A white ppt. Ca2+confirmed.
added (NH4)2C2O4
13. Group-VI A white ppt. Mg2+
Took the filtrate of confirmed.
above step and
added a few drops
of amm. oxalate
solution, boiled,
filtered. Took the
ppt, boiled, added
NH4OH and NH4Cl
in excess. Add
(NH4)2HPO4 and
rubbed with a glass
rod.
 PEPSODENT
S.NO. EXPERIMENT Observation Inference
1. Preliminary tests
Colour Baby pink
Odour That of
pepsodent.
Dry Heating White fumes, Cl- may be
pungent smell. present.
Flame test Reddish flame. Ca2+ may
be present.
2. Dil. H2SO4 test- Colourless, CO32- may
To the sample, odourless gas. be present.
added dil. H2SO4.
3. Confirmatory Tests
To the O.S added Brisk CO32-
dil HCl solution. effervescence. confirmed.
To the solution White ppt in CO32-
added MgSO4 cold. confirmed.
solution.
4. Conc. H2SO4 test- A colourless Cl- may be
To the sample pungent gas. present.
added conc. H2SO4
5. Confirmatory tests
To the sample Greenish, Cl-
added MnO2 conc. yellow gas, confirmed
H2SO4. Heated. pungent smell.
To the sample A white ppt. Cl-
 added dilute HNO3, confirmed
Boiled, cooled and
added AgNO3

CATIONS

S.NO. EXPERIMENT OBSERVATION INFERENCE

6. Group-0 No change Group 0
To the sample absent
added NaOH and
heated
7. Group-I No change Group I
To the sample absent
added dilute HCl
8. Group-II No change Group II
To the above test absent
tube added H2S
9. Group-III White Ppt. Group-III is
To the sample Formed. present.
added NH4Cl, Al3+
boiled, cooled, detected.
added NH4OH in
excess.
Lake test- A blue ppt. Al3+
To the ppt, added floating in confirmed
dil HCl, 2 drops of colourless
blue litmus, and solution.
NH4OH dropwise.
10. To the filtrate of No change Group IV
 group-III added absent
H2S solution.
11. To the sample A white ppt. Group V
added NH4OH and present.
(NH4)2CO3 solution.
Dissolved the ppt.
in CH3COOH and
divided it into 3
parts.
(i) To the first part No change Ba2+ absent
added
K2CrO4solution
(ii) To the second part
added (NH4)2SO4
solution
(iii) To the second part A white ppt. Ca2+
added (NH4)2C2O4 confirmed.
and NH4OH
solution.
13. Group-VI A white ppt. Mg2+
Took the filtrate of confirmed.
above step and
added a few drops
of amm. oxalate
solution, boiled,
filtered. Took the
ppt, boiled, added
NH4OH and NH4Cl
in excess. Add
(NH4)2HPO4 and
rubbed with a glass
rod.