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Core practical - Identifying compound
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How must unknown compounds be treated during this practical?

As corrosive and toxic

How is the flame test wire loop cleaned before use?

By dipping it in hydrochloric acid

Where should the wire be held during a flame test?

In the blue part of the flame

What flame colour indicates sodium ions (Na+\text{Na}^+) are present?

Yellow

What flame colour indicates potassium ions (K+\text{K}^+) are present?

Lilac

Which metal ion produces no flame colour?

Magnesium (Mg2+\text{Mg}^{2+})

What happens to aluminium ion precipitate in excess sodium hydroxide?

It dissolves

What colour precipitate do copper(II) ions form with sodium hydroxide?

Blue

What colour precipitate indicates iron(III) ions with sodium hydroxide?

Brown

What colour precipitate do bromide ions give with silver nitrate?

Cream

What colour precipitate do iodide ions give with silver nitrate?

Yellow

What observation confirms carbonate ions when acid is added?

Limewater turns milky

Which reagent is used to test for sulfate ions?

Barium chloride

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