ALUMINIUM NITRATE

Experiment Observation Inference

Colour of thesalt colourless Absence of copper and iron salts

1.
Action of heat: A reddish brown gas evolves Presence of a nitrate
2. A small amount of a saltis Salt is yellow when hot and
strongly heated in a test whitewhen cold
tube

Flame test:
No characteristic flame Absence of Copper,
3. Take a small amount of salt Barium and calcium
in a watch glass. Add a drop
of Conc. HCl to it andform a
paste. Take the paste at the
charred end of the splinter
and introduceit near the
Bunsen flame
Dil H2SO4Test :
No characteristic gas Absence of carbonate and acetate
4. To a pinch of salt dil
H2SO4 was added and
heat.
Action of MnO2 and Conc.
No characteristic change. Absence of Chloride,Bromide
5. H2SO4 :
Salt + MnO2 + Conc.
H2SO4 + Heat

Copper turning test :

Presence of nitrate.
6. Salt + Copper turnings + A reddish brown gas evolves
Conc. H2SO4
+ Heat
Chromyl chloride test:
Absence of Chloride
7. salt + potassium No red orange vapours evolved
dichromate + Conc.
H2SO4.+ Heat
Ammonium molybdate
Absence of phosphate
8. test: No canary yellow precipitate
sodium carbonate extract
+ dil HNO3
(until the effervescence
ceases) + ammonium
molybdate + Conc. HNO3
Ester test : Take a pinch
Absence of acetate
9. of No characteristic smell is observed.
salt in a dry test tube and
add to it 1 ml of Conc
H2So4and 4-5 drops of
ethyl alcohol . Heat the
contents of the test tube
and smell.
 Preparation of sodium carbonate extract:
1g salt + 3g solid sodium carbonate + 20g of distilled water to it. After boiling the solution for few mins,
filter and collect the filtrate. The filtrate is called sodium carbonate extract.

10. Test for Silver nitrate : sodium carbonate No characteristic precipitate Absence of Chloride,
extract + dil. HNO3 (until the effervescence Bromide and Sulphide
ceases) + AgNO3.

11. Test with barium chloride: No characteristic change. Absence of Sulphate

sodium carbonate extract + dil. HCl (until
the effervescence ceases) + barium chloride
solution !

12. Brown ring test:

sodium carbonate extract + dil. H2SO4 (until A brown ring is formed Presence of nitrate is
the effervescence ceases) + freshly prepared confirmed
ferrous sulphate solution. Then keeping the test
tube in a slanting position add Conc. H2SO4
along the sides of the test tube.

13 Lead acetate test: No characteristic change. Absence of sulphate.

To the aqueous solution of the salt add 2
to 3 drops of acetic acid and add lead
acetate solution

Confirmatory Test For ACID Radicals

Brown ring test:
sodium carbonate extract + dil. H2SO4 (until A brown ring is formed Presence of nitrate is
the effervescence ceases) + freshly prepared confirmed
ferrous sulphate solution. Then keeping the test
tube in a slanting position add Conc. H2SO4
along the sides of the test tube.

PREPARATION OF ORIGINAL SALT SOLUTION:

For water soluble salt : A small amount of the salt was dissolved in 5 ml of water.

For water insoluble salt: A small amount of the salt was dissolved in 2 ml of hot dil HCl

Group Separation

1. Original Solution + NaOH + Nessler’s No Chocolate brown precipitate Absence of Ammonium

reagent

2. No White precipitate Absence of I group Lead

Original Solution + dil. HCl
3. No Black precipitate Absence of II group Copper
Original Solution + dil. HCl + H2S gas

Presence of III group

4. White precipitate is formed. Aluminium or Ferric iron.
Original Solution + NH4Cl + NH4OH

Confirmatory Test For Basic Radicals

To 1 ml of the salt solution , Presence of Al3+confirmed
1 ml of NH4OH & 1ml of Aluminon reagent Bright red lake
were added. .

RESULT:
1. The given simple salt contains
Acid radical : NITRATE
Basic radical : ALUMINIUM
The given simple salt: ALUMINIUM NITRATE