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Ammonia is used in detection of Cu2+ ion because:

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aqueous solution of NH3 reacts with Cu2+ ion to form deep blue coloured complex
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NH3 reacts with Cu2+ ion to give blue precipitate of CuO
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aqueous solution of NH3 reacts with Cu2+ ion to form white coloured complex.
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NH3 reacts with Cu2+ ion to give green precipitate.
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Solution

The correct option is A aqueous solution of NH3 reacts with Cu2+ ion to form deep blue coloured complex

Ammonia acts as a Lewis base due to the presence of lone pair of on the nitrogen atom.so,it can form coordinate bond transition metal cations to from complex compounds.Ammonia reacts with a solution of Cu2+ to from a deep blue coloured complex.The reaction for the above complex compound can be written as follows:

Cu2+(aq)+4NH3(aq)[Cu(NH3)4]2+(aq)

Deep Blue

Hence option A is correct.


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