Chemical testing

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How do you do a flame test?
at concentrated HCL to a sample and place it on a platinum wire into the side of a blue flame.
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What colour does Lithium go in a flame test?
Crimson
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What colour does sodium go in a flame test?
Yellow
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What colour does potassium go in a flame test?
lilac
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What colour does calcium go in a flame test?
red
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What colour does Barium go in a flame test?
green
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What do you add to metal ions to form a precipitate?
sodium hydroxide
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What metal makes a blue precipitate?
copper 2
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What metal makes a brown precipitate?
iron 3
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what metal makes a green precipitate?
iron 2
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Which metals make a white precipitate?
Calcium magnesium aluminium
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How can you distinguish aluminium from calcium and magnesium?
Add excess sodium hydroxide and it will dissolve to form a colourless solution
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How do you test for Halide ions?
add silver nitrate and nitric acid to form a precipitate
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Which halide forms a white precipitate?
chloride
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Which metal ion makes a yellow precipitate?
iodide
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Which halide forms a cream precipitate?
Bromide
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How do we test for sulfate ions?
Sulfate ions form a white precipitate when barium chloride and hydrochloric acid are added
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How do we test for carbonates?
add dilute hydrochloric acid
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If a carbonate is present what happens?
It effervesces (fizzes)
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If an experiment involves a weak acid and a strong alkali what indicator will you use?
Phenolphthalein
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What colours methyl orange in alkali?
yellow
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What colour is Phenolphthalein in alkali?
magenta
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What colour are Phenolphthalein and methyl orange at neutral?
pink
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What colour is methyl orange in an acid?
orange
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What colour is phenophthalein in an acid?
colourless
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