Chapter 21

Why is it necessary to use distilled water in qualitative inorganic analysis?

Analysis of a solid gave the following analysis results: (a) Treatment of the solid with dilute HCl gave off a gas, which when bubbled through \(\mathrm{a} \mathrm{Ca}(\mathrm{OH})_{2}\) solution gave a fine white precipitate. (b) A flame test gave a green flame. Deduce possible identities for the solid compound.