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opuntia
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 Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 2:51 pm Post subject: strontium/sodium |
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| do you know any experiment or a test to distinguish between strontium chloride and sodium chloride other than the flame test?
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charco
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| Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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add any soluble sulphate and the strontium will precipitate SrSO4 as a white ppt whereas the sodium will not.
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SrCl2 + CuSO4 --> SrSO4(ppt) + CuCl2
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opuntia
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| Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 7:03 pm Post subject: |
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thanks that was really 
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