Describe how a student could distinguish between aqueous solutions of magnesium chloride, MgCl2, and aluminium chloride, AlCl3, using one simple test-tube reaction.
Answer:
- NaOH / sodium hydroxide / other Group 1 hydroxides
- white precipitate / white solid
- (white) ppt which dissolves in excess (NaOH)
Alternative Method
- Name or formula of Group 1 carbonate
- white precipitate / white solid
- (white) precipitate and effervescence
I dont understand how u would come to this answer; which topic does this fall into that I'm missing? thank youu