Experiment 4A:

Object: Testing Water Samples

Material Required
03 watch glasses
Nichrome wire
Water samples
Diluted nitric acid
10ml pipettes
pH papers
HCl acid
Test tubes
pH meter
Procedure:
Testing water samples & observation

1.

carried out flame test for following

Type of water
Flame test
/observation
Rain water
No colour change
Distilled water
from Research
Lab
Distilled water
from Chemistry
lab

2.

No colour change

No colour change

check the pH of following

Observation:
Type of water
pH value
obtain from
the pH meter
Rain water
04.52
Distilled water
05.01
from Research
lab
Distilled water
05.75
from Chemistry

Conclusion
No metal irons
present
No metal irons
present
No metal irons
present

The colours match with

pH
Papers
04.00
05.00

05.01

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3.

Add little nitric acid to each sample and add a drop of aqueous silver nitrate
Type of water
Observation
conclusion
Rain water
Distilled water
from Research
lab
Distilled water
from Chemistry
lab

white precipitate
seen
No precipitate
seen

Cl- SO4

--

No Cl- SO4

--

present

No precipitate
seen

No Cl- SO4

--

present

present

Discussion:
No metal iron presented in rain water, or any of distilled water while
Cl- SO4 ions were found in rain water.
Even though distill water of pH must be 7.00 we found it is more
acidic that could be contaminated water by acid in the laboratory or
the glassware we used could have contaminated