LEAD ACETATE

Experiment Observation Inference

Colour of the colourless Absence of copper and iron salts

1. salt
Action of heat: Absence of carbonate,
No characteristic change
2. A small amount of a salt Ammonium, Nitrate, and Zinc
is strongly heated in a
test tube
Flame test:
No characteristic flame Absence of Copper,
3. Small amount of salt in a Barium and calcium
watch glass. Add a drop
of Conc. HCl to it and
form a paste. Take the
paste at the charred end of
the splinter and introduce
it near the Bunsen flame

Dil H2SO4Test :
4. Colourless gas with vinegar smell turns Presence of acetate
To a pinch of salt dil blue litmus paper into red
H2SO4 was added
and heat.

Action of MnO2 and

No characteristic change. Absence of Chloride,Bromide
5. Conc. H2SO4 :
Salt + MnO2 + Conc.
H2SO4 + Heat
Copper turning test :
No reddish brown gas Absence of Nitrate
6. Salt + Copper turnings +
Conc. H2SO4
+ Heat
Chromyl chloride test:
No red orange vapours evolved Absence of Chloride
7. salt + potassium
dichromate + Conc.
H2SO4.+ Heat

Ammonium molybdate
No canary yellow precipitate ! Absence of phosphate
8. test:
sodium carbonate
extract + dil HNO3
(until the effervescence
ceases) + ammonium
molybdate + Conc.
HNO3

Ester test : Take a

Fruity smell is observed. Presence of acetate
9. pinch of
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 No brown ring is formed Absence of Nitrate
the effervescence ceases) + freshly prepared
ferrous sulphate solution. 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

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 Ammonia

reagent
2. White precipitate is formed. Presence of I group Lead
Original Solution + dil. HCl

Confirmatory Test For Basic Radicals

To 1 ml of the salt solution , Yellow precipitate Presence of Lead confirmed
1 ml of Kl solution was added. (which dissolved on heating &
reappeared as golden yellow
spangles on cooling)

RESULT:
1. The given simple salt contains
Acid radical : acetate Basic radical : Lead
The given simple salt : Lead Acetate