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NO EXPERIMENT OBSERVATION INFERENCE

PRELIMINARY TESTS
1 Color of the salt is noted Colorless Absence of iron
SOLUBILITY
2 Take a little amount of the Soluble in water May be ammonium
salt and dissolves it in

ANALYSIS OF ANIONS-IDENTIFICATION TEST

1 Action of dil.HCl
A Small amount of the salt is
heated with dil.HCl No Characteristic gas Absence of Carbonate
evolves
2 Action of dil.H2SO4
A Small amount of the salt is
heated with dil.H2SO4 No Characteristic odour Absence of Acetate

Action of Con.H2SO4

Colorless gas giving dense

white fumes when glass rod
A Small amount of the salt is
3 dipped in Ammonium
heated with Con.Sulphuric Presence of Chloride
hydroxide solution is
acid
introduced into the mouth
of the test tube

CONFIRMATORY TEST FOR ACID RADICAL

CHLORIDE TEST
1 Test with AgNo3
 To a few drops of salt A curdy white precipitate is
solution add few drops of formed which is completely
nitric acid and add silver soluble in excess of
nitrate solution Ammonium Hydroxide

IDENTIFICATION TEST FOR CATION

To the salt solution Sodium Presence of Ammonium ion
1 Carbonate is added White precipitate is formed (NH4)+

CONFIRMATORY TEST FOR BASIC RADICALS

AMMONIUM
A colourless gas with
pungent smell of ammonia
is evolved.Dense white
To 1 ml of the salt solution a
1 fumes are produced when a
few drops of NaOH is added
glass rod dipped in Con.HCl Presence of ammonia is
is shown at the mouth of confirmed
the test tube
To a few drops of salt
2 solution Nessler's reagent is A brown precipitate is
added formed

Result :
The given Basic Radical is Ammonium (NH4)+ ion
The given Acid Radical is Chloride (Cl)-
The given salt is Ammonium Chloride (NH4Cl)