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because of its electropositive nature. it is cheap also. although potassium can be used but it is costly... and lithium is less electropositive... Lassaigne's test is a test for the detection of halogens, nitrogen and sulphur in an organic compound. These elements are covalently bonded to the organic compounds. In order to detect them, these have to be converted into their ionic forms. This is done by fusing the organic compound with sodium metal. The ionic compounds formed during the fusion are extracted in aqueous solution and can be detected by simple chemical tests. The extract is called sodium fusion extract or Lassaigne's extract.
The compounds of sodium are soluble that is why it is used.
sodium metal is highly reactive, has low melting point and near unversal solubility of its compounds. the elements like N, X, S cannot be detected in organic compounds due to their stable covalent nature. Hence, these are converted into ionic forms by simply fusing with sodium metal and performing simple tests.
for the metal present. copper is green, sodium is orange, etc.
Red
When an organic compound is heated strongly with sodium, any halogens, nitrogen, and sulfur will be converted into inorganic sodium salts such as sodium halide (for halides), sodium cyanide(for nitrogen), sodium sulfide (for sulfur), and sodium thiocyanate (for sulfur and nitrogen).The nitrogen is confirmed with ferrous sulfate i.e. iron sulfate.
The compounds of sodium are soluble that is why it is used.
because of its electropositive nature. it is cheap also. although potassium can be used but it is costly... and lithium is less electropositive... Lassaigne's test is a test for the detection of halogens, nitrogen and sulphur in an organic compound. These elements are covalently bonded to the organic compounds. In order to detect them, these have to be converted into their ionic forms. This is done by fusing the organic compound with sodium metal. The ionic compounds formed during the fusion are extracted in aqueous solution and can be detected by simple chemical tests. The extract is called sodium fusion extract or Lassaigne's extract.
All sodium salts will give a yellow flame test, because of the metal sodium in the compounds.
sodium metal is highly reactive, has low melting point and near unversal solubility of its compounds. the elements like N, X, S cannot be detected in organic compounds due to their stable covalent nature. Hence, these are converted into ionic forms by simply fusing with sodium metal and performing simple tests.
Testing for cations is a test used in chemistry to identify metal or metal ions (cations) found in compounds. ... This test uses sodium hydroxide or aqueous ammonia to test and identify metal ions by the precipitation formed.
To identify the presence of certain metal ions, such as sodium and caesium.
for the metal present. copper is green, sodium is orange, etc.
This is possible only by using spectrometric method of analysis.
The sodium is very reactive with water. Exothermic reaction, lots of heat and fire. See the related question below.
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Bright yellow :: This is the sodium ions. Any sodium compound will give a flame test colour of yellow/