Dry Tests

IITJEE - Main and Advanced

Wed Sep 20, 2023

Borax Bead Test

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Theory

Na2B4O7 → 2NaBO2 + B2O3

NaBO2 and B2O3 form a glass bead.

When this bead is heated with the salt colour is obtained.

Colour obtained is due to Metaboarates of the cations formed.

Colours

To remember colours we have coded colours with numbers :

    0 - Colourless 
    1 - Violet
    2 - Indigo
    3 - Blue
    4 - Green
    5 - Yellow
    6 - Orange
    7 - Red
    8 - Brown
    9 - Grey

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Borax bead colours:

Colour obtained is due to Metaboarates of the cations formed.


Oxidising FlameReducing Flame

HotColdHotCold
24Cr5(Yellow)4(Green)4(Green)4(Green)
25Mn1(Violet)1(violet)0(Clourless)0(colourless)
26Fe58(Yellowish brown)5(Yellow)4(Green)4(Green)
27Co3(Blue)
28Ni1(Violet)78(Reddish Brown)9(Grey)9(Grey)
29Cu4(Green)3(Blue)0(colourless)78(Reddish Brown)

Microcosmic Salt Test:

Na(NH4)HPO4 → NaPO2 + H2O + NH3.

Only highlighted are different.


Oxidising FlameReducing Flame

HotColdHotCold
24Cr4(Green)4(Green)4(Green)4(Green)
25Mn1(Violet)1(violet)0(Colourless)0(colourless)
26Fe58(Yellowish brown)5(Yellow)5(Yellow)4(Green)
27Co3(Blue)
28Ni9(Brown)9(Brown)9(Grey)9(Grey)
29Cu4(Green)3(Blue)0(colourless)7(Red)

Charcoal Cavity Test:

Metallic carbonates when heated in a charcoal cavity decompose to give corresponding oxides. The oxides appear as coloured incrustation or residue in the cavity.


Incrustation


HotColdBead
30Zn5(Yellow)WhiteNo Bead
82Pb8(Brown)5(Yellow)Marks the paper
29Cu0(Colourless)0(Colourless)7(Red)

Na2CO3 Bead Test:

Na2CO3 on platinum wire is heated to give a bead. To this bead KNO3 and salt are added.

Highlighted are different from Microcosmic salt test.


Oxidising FlameReducing Flame

HotColdHotCold
24Cr4(Green)4(Green)4(Green)4(Green)
25Mn1(Violet)1(violet)4(Green)4(Green)
26Fe58(Yellowish brown)5(Yellow)5(Yellow)4(Green)
27Co3(Blue)
28Ni8(Brown)9(Grey)9(Grey)
29Cu4(Green)3(Blue)0(colourless)78(Reddish Brown)

It is difficult to remember all this in one go.

Therefore,

Watch this over and over and over.

And again.

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