Quali t a ti v eAnion T e s ts P e t er Jeschofni g , Ph. D . V e r sion 42-0192-00-01 L a b R e p o r t A s s i s t a n t Thisdocume n tisnotmea n t t obeasu b s titu t e f ora f ormallabo r at o r y r eport.TheLab R eport Assi st a n tissimplyasumma r yofthe e xperime n t ’ sque s tions,diag r amsifneeded,andd a t a t ables th a tshouldbeadd r essedina f ormallab r eport.Thei n t e n tis t o f acili t a t e s tude n ts’writingoflab r eports b y p r o viding this i n f orm a tionin an edi t able filewhich c an be se n t t o an in s truc t o r . D a t a T able: Quali t a ti v eAnion T e s ts Name T e s t T ube 1 w/HCl T e s t T ube 2 w / AgNO 3 w/HNO T e s t T ube 3 Co n firm a tion B r omide Carbon a t e Chloride Iodine Phosph at e Sul f a t e Sulfide Unkn o wn O b s e r v a t i o ns 3 Qu e s t i o ns Classi f y y ourionsac c o r ding t othe f ollowingth r eeg r ou p s.S e v e r alofthe ca tionsbelong t omo r e than one g r oup. G r oup 1: Anions th a t WILL N O T PR E CIPI TA TE in the p r esence of sil v er nit r a t e. G r oup 2: Anions th a t WILLPR E CIPI TA TEinthep r esenceofsil v ernit r a t eandthe r esulting p r ecipi t a t es WILL DISSO L VE upon acidifi c a tionwith nitric acid. G r oup 3: Anions th a t WILL PR E CIPI TA TEinthep r esenceofsil v ernit r a t eandthe r esulting p r ecipi t a t es WILL N O T DISSO L VE upon acidifi c a tionwith nitric acid. A . W ri t e a n e t ionic equ a tion f or a n y r eactionth a t p r oduces a p r ecipi t a t e. B. Ide n ti f ythe anions th a t p r oduce g as upon additionof HCl. C. Ide n ti f ythe anions th a t do not p r ecipi t a t e with sil v er nit r a t e. D . Ide n ti f ytheanionsth a t r eactwithsil v ernit r a t e t o f ormp r ecipi t a t esth a tdissol v ewhen acidifiedwith nitric acid. E. Ide n ti f ytheanionsth a t r eactwithsil v ernit r a t e t o f ormp r ecipi t a t esth a tdonotdissol v ewhen acidifiedwith nitric acid. 2- F . Wh a tsimple t e s t(otherthanaspecific c o n firm a tion t e s t) w oulddi s tinguishb e t w een C O 3 - and NO 3 ? .