EX.

NO :4 SALT ANALYSIS -4 (ZnS)

EXPERIMENT OBSERVATION INFERENCE

1. Colour: • Colourless • Absence of

Copper &
Ferric (Fe3+)Salt
2. Appearance: • Powdery • May be
carbonate (or)
Sulphide
3. Solubility: • May be
Carbonate (or)
• Insoluble Sulphide.
4. Action of Heat: • Salt turns yellow when May be Zinc salt.
Small amount of salt is taken in hot and white when cold.
a dry test tube and heated
gently
5.Flame Test: • Absence of
A small amount of salt mixed • No characteristic change Calcium,
with few drops of Conc.HCl in a Strontium,
watch glass and introduced in Barium and
the non-luminous part of the Copper.
Bunsen flame

6. Cobalt Nitrate Test: • Presence of Zinc

A filter paper is soaked into a • Green Ash
solution of the salt with Conc.
HNO3 and Cobalt Nitrate
solution and burnt.

7. Charcoal Cavity Test:  Yellow when hot and • May be Zinc salt.
Mix a pinch of salt with double white when cold.
the quantity of Na2CO3 and heat
the mixture on a charcoal cavity
with the reducing flame.
 IDENTIFICATION OF ACID RADICAL
EXPERIMENT OBSERVATION INFERENCE
1.Action of dil.HCl: • Colourless, Rotten
A small quantity of the salt mixed egg smelling gas Sulphide is confirmed.
with 1-2ml of dil. HCl turning Lead acetate
paper black evolves.

2.Action of dil.H2SO4: • No Characteristic Absence of Carbonate

A small quantity of the salt mixed change. and Nitrate.
with 1-2ml of dil.H2SO4
3.Oxalic Acid Test:
A small amount of salt is taken in a
watch glass. Mix it with solid Oxalic • No Characteristic • Absence of
change Acetate.
acid and few drops of water. Rub
the paste and smell
4.Copper Turnings Test:
Small amount of the salt is heated • No- Reddish Brown • Absence of
gas. Nitrate.
with copper turnings & Conc.H2SO4.
5.Action of NaOH: • No pungent
A small amount of the salt is heated smelling gas • Absence of
Ammonium salt.
with NaOH solution.
6.Chromyl Chloride Test:
To a small amount of salt mixed • No characteristic • Absence of
with K2Cr2O7 & Conc. H2SO4 and change. Chloride.
heat the mixture.
7.Ammonium – Molybdate Test:
Salt soln. with Conc. HNO3 heated
strongly until effervescence, cool • No characteristic • Absence of
change. Phosphate
the content then add Ammonium
Molybdate.
8.Ester Test:
To a small quantity of salt mixed
with Conc. H2SO4 heat the mixture • No characteristic • Absence of
change Acetate.
gently and now add 1ml of Ethanol.
Shake the content and pour it in the
beaker containing some amount of
water.
9.Potassium –Permanganate Test:
Pinch of salt and add dil. H2SO4 • No characteristic • Absence of
warm the mixture and add 2-4 change. Oxalate.
drops of KMnO4.
10.Lead Acetate Test:
Few drops of salt solution with • Black ppt is
dil.CH3COOH is added until obtained • Presence of
effervesce ceases and 2ml of Lead Sulphide.
Acetate soln. is added.
11.Sliver Nitrate Test:
Few drops of salt soln. with HNO3 is • A black ppt is • Presence of
added until the effervescence obtained. Sulphide.
ceased and 2ml of Sliver Nitrate
soln. is added.
12.Barium Chloride Test:
A few drops of salt solution mixed • No white ppt is • Absence of
with dil.HCl and BaCl2 soln. obtained. Sulphate.
13.Brown Ring Test:
Few drops of salt solution mixed • No characteristic • Absence of
with freshly prepared FeSO4 soln. change. Nitrate.
and add few drops of Conc.H2SO4 in
the inner side of test tube.
 . IDENTIFICATION OF BASIC RADICAL
PREPARATION OF ORIGINAL SOLUTION: The original solution is prepared by
dissolving a small amount of salt in10-15 ml of distilled water if it is insoluble in
water it is prepared by dissolving in dil.HNO3.

EXPERIMENT OBSERVATION INFERENCE

1 Original solution With few

drops of Nessler’s reagent and • No reddish-Brown • Absence of zeroth
add excess of NaOH solution precipitate is formed group (Ammonium)

2. Few drops of Original soln. • No white ppt is obtained. • Absence of 1st Group
with2ml of dil. HCl are added. (Lead)
2.Few drops of Original soln. • No black ppt is obtained. • Absence of 2nd
with2ml of dil. HCl and H2S gas Group (Copper).
is passed.

3.Few drops of Original • No gelatinous white ppt • Absence of 3rd

solution with 1ml of NH4Cl and & Brown ppt is obtained. Group
2ml of NH4OH are added. (Aluminium & Ferrous)

4.Few drops of Original soln. • Dirty white ppt is • Presence of 4th

with 1ml of NH4Cl and 2ml of obtained Group (zinc)
NH4OH and H2S gas is passed.
 CONFIRMATION OF BASIC RADICAL

EXPERIMENT OBSERVATION INFERENCE

4.Confirmation of 4th Group
(Zinc): • White/Bluish white ppt • Zinc is confirmed
Few drops of Original soln. soluble in excess of
Sodium Hydroxide and
with 2 ml of Potassium Ferro
insoluble in dil. HCl is
Cyanide soln. is added.
obtained.
RESULT:

1. Acid Radical is: Sulphide (S2-)

2. Basic Radical is: Zinc ( Zn2+)

3.The Given Salt is: Zinc Sulphide (ZnS)