Barium Chloride Test for the detection of Sulphur in HCl extract of Plant Ash

Barium Chloride Test 

    Barium Chloride Test is used to determine the presence of Sulphur in HCl extract of Plant Ash.

    Principle:

           Barium Chloride performs double displacement reactions i.e.ionic reaction.


Experiment 

Observation 

Inference 

To about 5-10 ml of HCl extract of  Plant Ash , a few drops of 5% BaCl2 is added.

A white crystalline ppt. is formed.

Presence of Sulphur is indicated in the Ash extract. 


Reactions:-

X2 SO4 (aq)+  BaCl2(aq) →BaSO4(white ppt) + 2 XCl(aq)



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