SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS OF SIMPLE SALT
LEAD NITRATE
S.NO EXPERIMENT OBSERVATION INFERENCE
1 Colour of the salt is noted. Colourless Absence of copper and iron salts.
Action of heat.
2 A small amount of the salt is taken in a dry test tube and A reddish broun gas with fishy
Presence of nitrate.
heated gently. odour evolves.
Flame test.
3 A small amount of the salt is made into a paste with a few
dropsof conc HCl acid. Take the paste at the charred end of No characteristic coloured flame. Absence of copper and calcium.
the splinter and introduced near the bunsen flame.
Action of HCl
4 A reddish brown gas with the
To a small amount of the salt dil HCl acid is added and
fishy odour turning moist ferrous Presence of nitrate.
heated.
sulphate paper brown evolves.
Preparation of sodium carbonate extract
A small amount of the salt is mixed with twice the amount of sodium carbonate in a beaker. 20 ml of distilled water is added and
the solution is boiled for 10 minutes, cooled and filtered. The filtrate is called sodium carbonate extract.
5 Silver nitrate test.
To a few drops of the extract, dil nitric acid is added until
No characteristic precipitate is Absence of chloride, bromide and
effervescene ceases and 2 ml of silver nitrate solution is
obtained. sulphide.
added.
Barium chloride test
6 To a few drops the extract, dil HCl acid is added until the
No characteristic precipitate is
effervescence ceases and 2 ml of barium chloride solution is Absence of sulphate.
obtained.
added.
SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS OF SIMPLE SALT
LEAD NITRATE
S.NO EXPERIMENT OBSERVATION INFERENCE
Brown ring test.
To a few drops of the extract, dil sulphuric acid is added until
7 effervescence ceases and treated with freshly prepared
Brown ring is formed. Presence of nitrate is confirmed.
ferrous sulphate solution.Then conc sulphuric acid is added in
drops along the inner side of the test tube.
Preparation of salt solution.
A small amount of the salt is dissolved in 2 to 3 ml distilled water, shake and gently heat it. This is called original solution.
Zero group
To 1 ml of the original solution, a few drops of Nessler's
reagent and excess of sodium hydroxide solution are added No chocolate brown precipitate is
8 Absence of ammonium salt.
obtained.
Group separation
9 To a few drops of the original solution, 2 ml of dil HCl acid is White precipitate is obtained. Presence of first group.(Lead)
added.
Confirmatory test for basic radical
A yellow precipitate is obtained.
To the original salt solution,1 ml of KI solution is added.To the The yellow precipitate dissolves
10 Presence of Lead is confirmed.
yellow precipitate 1 ml of water is added boiled and cooled on boiling.On cooling golden
spangles appears.
Confirmatory test for acid radical
To a few drops of the extract, dil sulphuric acid is added until
11 effervescence ceases and treated with freshly prepared
Brown ring is formed. Presence of nitrate is confirmed.
ferrous sulphate solution.Then conc sulphuric acid is added in
drops along the inner side of the test tube.
Result:
The given simple salt contains:
Acid radical - nitrate
Basic radical- Lead.
Hence the given simple salt is Lead Nitrate.
