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1.) You have a solution that contains the following cations: Ag+, K+, and Fe+3.

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Question

1.) You have a solution that contains the following cations: Ag+, K+, and Fe+3. You first add a few drops of 1 M HCl to the mixture.

a.) What will you observe? Include colors and appearance

b.) what cations, if any, will be present in the filtrate?

c.) what cation, if any, will be present in the precipitate?

2.) After centrifuging and separation of the layers obtained above, you add a few drops of 3 M H2SO4 to the liquid obtained above.

a.) What will you observe? Include colors and appearance

b.) What cations, if any, will be present in the solution?

c.) What cations, if any, will be present in the precipitate?

3.) Again, after centrifuging and separation of the layers obtained in step two above, you add 2 M NaOH to the liquid obtained above until the solution is slightly basic.

a.) What will you observe? Include colors and appearance

b.) What cations, if any, will be present in the solution?

c.) What cations, if any, will be present in the precipitate?

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Explanation / Answer

1.(a) On adding a few drops of 1 M HCl to the mixture white precipitate of AgCl will be observed. Further, If excess HCl were added, then after complete consumption of all Ag+, the excess HCl would react with Fe+3 to give light yellowish FeCl3.

b) Filtrate will contain Fe+3 and K+ cations

c) AgCl will be precipitated. Hence, the residue will contain Ag+ ions