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Na2SO4
NaOH
Na2CO3
NR
NR
NR
NR
NH4NO3
Solution turns
Ba(NO3)2
NR
White
cloudy and
White
precipitate
white
precipitate
formed
precipitate is
formed
formed
Solution turns
Yellowish white
AgNO3
precipitate
NR
formed
brown
precipitate is
formed
BaSO4 + 2NaNO3
BaSO4
Ba(OH)2 + 2NaNO3
Ba(OH)2
Pale light
brown
precipitate is
formed
BaCO3 + 2NaNO3
BaCO3
AgBr + NaNO3
AgBr
AgOH + NaNO3
AgOH
Ag2CO3 + 2NaNO3
Ag2CO3
Discussion
Precipitation reaction occurs when cations and anions in aqueous solution combine to
form an insoluble solid called a precipitate. Whether or not this reaction will occur can be
predicted by the solubility rules.
In the first four experiment where sodium bromide, sodium sulfate, sodium
hydroxide and sodium carbonate are reacted with ammonium nitrate, no precipitate is
formed. This is because, according to the solubility rules, salts containing Group 1
elements and salts containing ammonium ion are soluble, thus no precipitate is formed.
When barium nitrate is reacted with sodium bromide, no precipitate is formed
because according to the solubility rule, salts containing sodium ion (group 1 elements)
nitrate because although according to the solubility rules, salts containing sulfate ions
are soluble, there are exceptions for barium sulfate, lead sulfate, silver sulfate and
strontium sulfate. The white precipitate formed is barium sulfate.
2.
hydroxide. The precipitate formed is barium hydroxide. The solution turns chalky
because hydroxide salts of group 2 elements such as barium are slightly soluble.
3.
reacts with sodium carbonates. According to the solubility rules, carbonate salts are
generally insoluble thus a precipitate is formed.
4.
According to the solubility rules, halide salts are soluble but there are
exception such halide salts of silver ions which are insoluble. So when silver nitrate
is mixed with sodium bromide, a yellowish precipitate is formed which is silver
bromide.
5.
hydroxide. Although according to the solubility rules hydroxide salts are soluble,
silver hydroxide which is the brown precipitate is an exception as it is not soluble.
6.
nitrate and sodium carbonate is mixed. According to the solubility rules, most salts
containing silver ions are insoluble.
The color of some of the precipitate might be a little inaccurate as there could be
some error during the mixing. This error might be caused by uncleaned test tubes that
probably contained other substance that could impact the ending results. Precautions
should be made to make sure that all test tubes are cleaned before mixing the solutions. A
vortex mixture should also be used to make sure the solution are mixed thoroughly.
Conclusion
Precipitation reaction occurs when ions in aqueous solution combine to form an
insoluble solid called a precipitate. Salts containing group 1 ions and ammonium ions are
always soluble. Nitrates salts are generally soluble. Halide salts are generally soluble
except halide salts containing silver, lead and mercury ions. Most silver salts are insoluble
except for silver nitrate. Most sulfate salts are soluble except sulfate salts containing
barium, lead, calcium, strontium, silver and mercury ions. Most hydroxide salts are
soluble except for hydroxide salts of transition elements and aluminium which are
insoluble. Sulfides of transition elements are also insoluble. Carbonates, phosphate,
chromates and fluorides salts are usually insoluble. The solubility rules can be used to
predict the formation of precipitate.