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Part A. 1.: Experimental Data

1. The student performed qualitative analysis on various samples including Epsom salt, laundry detergent, and an unknown substance. 2. For each sample, the student tested for the presence of chloride, bicarbonate, sulfate, and phosphate ions and recorded their observations. 3. For the Epsom salt, sulfate and chloride ions were present while bicarbonate and phosphate were absent. The laundry detergent contained sulfate, chloride, and phosphate ions but not bicarbonate. The unknown substance tested positive for sulfate and phosphate but was negative for chloride and bicarbonate.

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Part A. 1.: Experimental Data

1. The student performed qualitative analysis on various samples including Epsom salt, laundry detergent, and an unknown substance. 2. For each sample, the student tested for the presence of chloride, bicarbonate, sulfate, and phosphate ions and recorded their observations. 3. For the Epsom salt, sulfate and chloride ions were present while bicarbonate and phosphate were absent. The laundry detergent contained sulfate, chloride, and phosphate ions but not bicarbonate. The unknown substance tested positive for sulfate and phosphate but was negative for chloride and bicarbonate.

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Lab Report – Experiment 2 – Qualitative analysis

Procedure

See pre-lab report on page 4 of my laboratory manual. Nothing was changed in procedure
during the actual experiment.

Experimental Data

Part A.

1. NaCl(aq )+ AgN O3 (aq)→ AgCl( s)↓+ NaN O3(aq)


Observation – White amorphous precipitate was formed (AgCl).

2. NaHC O3 ( aq)+ HN O3 (aq)→ NaN O3 ( aq)+ H 2 O(l)+ C O 2 ( g)↑


Observation – Bubbles (of carbon dioxide) were formed.

3. Na2 S O4 (aq)+ Ba Cl2 ( aq)→ BaS O4 (s)↓+2 NaCl (aq)


Observation – White Cloudy/Silky precipitate was formed (BaSO4)

4.12 ¿
Observation – Solution turned yellow and yellow precipitate was formed (¿)

Part B.
Epsom Salt Table 1 – Epsom Salt Ions

Ion Present (✓) or


Absent(X)
Cl- ✓
HCO3- X
SO42- ✓
PO43- X

Observations -

Test 1- Amorphous white precipitate was created. Which means that Cl- is present in Epsom
salt solution.
Test 2 – After adding acid no bubbles were formed, this means that HCO3- ions weren’t in the
solution
Test 3 –white precipitate was formed – this means that SO4- was in the solution.
Test 4 – solution didn’t turn yellow or create yellow precipitate – this means that PO4- wasn’t in
the solution
Laundry detergent Table 2 – Laundry detergent Ions

Ion Present (✓) or


Absent(X)
Cl- ✓
HCO3- X
SO42- ✓
PO43- ✓

Observations -

Test 1- Solution turned cloudy white – but no big crystals were noticed – this means that there
were only little traces of chloride ion in laundry detergent.
Test 2 – After adding acid no bubbles were formed, this means that HCO3- ions weren’t in the
solution
Test 3 –white precipitate was formed – this means that SO4 2- was in the solution.
Test 4 – solution didn’t turn yellow or create yellow precipitate at first but after heating it in
boiling water bath solution it started turning yellow –this means that there was PO4 3- was in
solution.

Part C.
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Table 3 – Ions in the Unknown
Ion Present (✓) or
Absent(X)
X
-
Cl
-
HCO3 X
SO42- ✓
✓
3-
PO4

Observations -
Test 1 - When added silver nitrate to the solution yellow precipitate was created which is
due to creation of silver phosphate (I double checked with reaction of sodium phosphate and
silver nitrate, same yellow precipitate was created). This means that Cl- wasn’t present.

Test 2- after adding HNO3 to the unknown no bubbles were noticed. Thus HCO3- wasn’t in
the unknown.

Test 3 – after addition of barium chloride silky white precipitate was created, this means that
SO42- was in the unknown

Test 4 – after addition of (NH4)2MoO4 to the unknown solution turned yellow and yellow
precipitate was also created, meaning that PO43- was in the solution.

Discussion/Questions
1. 1 H 2 C O3 (aq)→ 1 H 2 O(l)+1 C O2 ( g)↑
2. In tap water many Ions are present and this ions can create precipitates while reacting
to certain chemicals, this is why using DI water is crucial.

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