Preparation of the LAB reagents

Preparation of the LAB reagents
How to prepare:

For the Qualitative analysis (identification) of anions and cations from inorganic salt solutions.

1. For sulphate (SO42¯) identification
a. Dilute (6M) Hydrochloric acid (HCl)
b. 0.1M Barium chloride (BaCl2) or Barium nitrate {Ba(NO3)2¬} solution

2. For halide ions identification
a. Dilute nitric acid (2M)
b. 5% Silver nitrate (AgNO3) solution
c. Dilute ammonium hydroxide solution (2M)
d. Concentrated ammonium hydroxide solution (~9M)

3. For nitrate ion identification
a. Concentrated Hydrochloric acid (37%) {÷Conc. Sulphuric acid }
b. 5% Ferrous sulphate (FeSO4) solution

4. For Acetate ion identification
a. Dilute Hydrochloric acid
b. 0.2M Ferric chloride (FeCl3) solution
A. For group I cations
a. Dilute hydrochloric acid (6M)
b. Ammonia solution (9M)
c. Potassium chromate (1M)
B. For group II cations
a. Nitric acid (6M)
b. Stannous chloride (0.1M)
c. Concentrated Ammonia solution (9M)
d. Dilute Ammonia solution (2M)
e. Dilute Sodium hydroxide solution (2M)

C. For group III cations
a. Ammonia solution (9M)
b. Ammonia solution (2M)
c. Potassium ferricyanide (K3[Fe(CN)6]) [250 mg in 10 mL]
d. Potassium thiocyanate [250 mg in 10 mL]
e. Sodium hydroxide (2M)
f. Sodium hydroxide (10M)

1. REQUIRED REAGENTS

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