You have the following salts on your table in a lab. KI,HgI2,NaOH,NH4OH,SnCl2
(a)Salts to prepare Nassler's reagent are KI+Hgl2+NaOH (b) Above reagent is used to identify NH+4 ion.
A
Both (a) and (b) are true
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B
Only (a) is true
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C
Only (b) is true
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D
None of the above
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Solution
The correct option is A Both (a) and (b) are true (a) Nessler's reagent can be prepared by using KI,HgI2,andNaOH or KI(excess),HgCl2andNaOH (b)Nessler's reagent is used to identify NH+4 ions. (c) 2K2HgI4+4KOH+NH4Cl→Hg2NH2OIbrownprecipitate+7KI+KCl+3H2O