Requirements

S.No. PARTICULARS QUANTITY

1 Bone 2 pieces

2 Beaker 150ml

3 Test tube 7 no.

4 Evaporating dish 1 no.

5 Ring stand 1 no.

6 Bunsen Burner 1 no.

7 Filter paper -

8 pH paper -

9 Test tube holder 2 no.

10 Dil. Nitric Acid 200ml

11 1% Ammonium Chloride 50ml

12 1% Silver nitrate 25ml

13 1% Ammonium Hydroxide 100ml

14 Acetic Acid 100ml

15 1% Potassium thiocyanate 25ml

16 Distilled water As required

 Procedure

S.no. Experiment Observation Inference

1 A strip of bone was burnt in an Yellowish white precipitate was This the bone ash
evaporating dish. obtained

2 2g of bone ash was made. To it The bone ash sparingly dissolved. Bone ash is sparingly soluble in
dil. Nitric acid was added dil.HNO3

3 This solution was diluted with The bone ash was completely The solubility of bone ash in
water dissolved dil.HNO3increases on dilution

4 This solution was now filtered _ _

& the residue left on the filter
paper
5 Ammonium hydroxide was Whitish brown ppt. of Presence of Mg+2& PO4-3 ions
added to the filtrate. Magnesium Ammonium
Phosphate

6 pH paper was used to check The pH paper turned blue The solution was basic in nature
the pH of the solution

7 The solution was filtered and

the residue was isolated and
the filtrate was separated into
3 test tubes _ _

8 Silver nitrate solution was White ppt. of silver chloride was Presence of Cl-
added to one of the test tubes obtained

9 To the other test tube White residue of calcium Presence of Ca2-

ammonium chloride and Carbonate was formed
ammonium carbonate was
added simultaneously & boiled

10 To the test tube left, Dil. HCL Red colour solution was obtained Presence of Fe2-
was added followed by
Potassium Thiocynate