A hydrated colorless solid (A) is water soluble and finds use in medicine as a purgative. When a solution of (A) is treated with ammonium phosphate, a white precipitate is formed. (A) gives a pink mass is cobalt nitrate test. What is (A) ?
A
FeSO4⋅H2O
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B
Na2SO4⋅10H2
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C
MgSO4⋅7H2O
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D
CaSO4⋅2H2O
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Solution
The correct option is BMgSO4⋅7H2O Salts of zinc, tin, aluminum and magnesium which give white residue in the charcoal cavity test, on hating with cobalt nitrate form coloured double oxides. 2Co(NO3)2→2CoO+4NO2+O2 CoO+MgO→CoO.MgO(Pink) Hence the salt is MgSO4.7H2O