In \( III ^{ rd } \) group of salt analysis for cations \( NH _{4} Cl \) and \( NH _{4} OH \) are added as group reagents. Which of the following can be used instead of \( NH _{4} Cl \) ? (a) \( NaCl \) (b) \( \left( NH _{4}\right)_{2} SO _{4} \) (c) \( \left( NH _{4}\right)_{2} C _{2} O _{4} \) (d) \( NH _{4} NO _{3} \)
In \( III ^{ rd } \) group of salt analysis for cations \( NH _{4} Cl \) and \( NH _{4} OH \) are added as group reagents. Which of the following can be used instead of \( NH _{4} Cl \) ? (a) \( NaCl \) (b) \( \left( NH _{4}\right)_{2} SO _{4} \) (c) \( \left( NH _{4}\right)_{2} C _{2} O _{4} \) (d) \( NH _{4} NO _{3} \)
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d) NH4NO3
As it provides NH+4 ions which suppresses the ionisation of NH4OH so that only the group 3rd cations are precipitated as hydroxides because of their low solubility products and NO−3 ions do not produce precipitate with the cations of IVth,Vth and VIth groups.
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