Unit-18 Qualitative Anaylsis
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Unit-18 Qualitative Anaylsis
Answer: Qualitative analysis identifies the presence of components in a sample.
Answer: Quantitative analysis measures how much of a substance is present.
Answer: Measuring percentages is a quantitative analysis task.
Answer: Qualitative analysis detects ions but not their quantities.
Answer: BaCl2 forms a white precipitate of BaSO4 with sulfate ions.
Answer: Sodium compounds give a yellow-orange flame.
Answer: Potassium salts give a lilac-violet flame.
Answer: Excited metal atoms emit light of characteristic wavelengths.
Answer: Sodium is yellow-orange; potassium is lilac.
Answer: Cobalt glass filters sodium's yellow light, revealing other flame colors.
Answer: Barium salts burn with an apple green flame.
Answer: Calcium gives a brick red flame.
Answer: Copper compounds give green or blue-green flames.
Answer: Strontium produces a crimson red flame.
Answer: Sodium's intense yellow flame masks the colors of other metals.
Answer: Ammonium salts liberate ammonia gas with NaOH.
Answer: Ammonia gas is colorless and has a pungent smell.
Answer: Ammonia is basic and turns red litmus blue.
Answer: NH4+ gives NH3 with NaOH, which turns red litmus blue.
Answer: NH4Cl decomposes into ammonia and HCl gases which recombine on cooling.