Based on the solubility table given in table 1, which cation (or cations) will form soluble salts with all six anions (so42-, co32-, po43-, cl-, i-, no3-) ? can this cation be used to identify potential presence of any of these six anions in an unknown solution?

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Naomi Randall

2 January, 13:09

Based on the solubility table given in table 1, which cation (or cations) will form soluble salts with all six anions (so42-, co32-, po43-, cl-, i-, no3-) ? can this cation be used to identify potential presence of any of these six anions in an unknown solution?

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Jasmin Gay · Answer 1

A cation that will produce soluble salts with all of the given cations would be Na⁺.

Sodium forms soluble compounds that are white colored. Therefore, it will be ineffective in differentiating the anions from one another as the resulting compounds will exhibit properties similar to one another.