Give one chemical test to distinguish between the following pairs of compounds.
Iron (II) chloride solution and Iron (III) chloride solution.

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Iron (II) chloride
Iron (II) chloride
We will add sodium hydroxide to the given solution.
Dirty green precipitate is formed.
We will add sodium hydroxide to the above solution.
Reddish-brown precipitate is observed.
${FeCl}_{2} + 2 NaOH ⟶ 2 NaCl + Fe (OH)_{2} ↓$ ${FeCl}_{3} + 3 NaOH \to 3 NaCl + Fe (OH)_{3} ↓$

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Iron (II) chloride	Iron (II) chloride
We will add sodium hydroxide to the given solution. Dirty green precipitate is formed.	We will add sodium hydroxide to the above solution. Reddish-brown precipitate is observed.
${FeCl}_{2} + 2 NaOH ⟶ 2 NaCl + Fe (OH)_{2} ↓$	${FeCl}_{3} + 3 NaOH \to 3 NaCl + Fe (OH)_{3} ↓$