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What causes false positive or false negative ion results when testing for ions?
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∙ 12y ago
different substances can react the same way when they're put into solutions. For example - if the substance in the known test was KCl and a precipitate was formed and in the unknown test a precipitate was formed, it may be assumed that the same ion was present. But a different solution, other than KCl may react the same way.
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