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title: "Transition-metal ions with NaOH and ammonia Template | MolDraw"
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description: "Transition-metal ions with NaOH and ammonia template: A-level / IB / CBSE: test tubes in a rack showing Cu²⁺ with NaOH and with excess aqueous ammonia, Fe²⁺…"
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publisher: Scidart Academy
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A-level / IB / CBSE: test tubes in a rack showing Cu²⁺ with NaOH and with excess aqueous ammonia, Fe²⁺ and Fe³⁺ with NaOH, and a test solution with the reagent added dropwise from a pipette.

## What the template shows

- Identify aqueous metal ions by the colour of the hydroxide precipitate and whether it dissolves in excess
- A few drops into about 2 cm³ of the test solution, shake, then add in excess
- Blue precipitate first, then a deep blue solution of [Cu(NH₃)₄(H₂O)₂]²⁺
- Pale blue precipitate, Cu(OH)₂; insoluble in excess NaOH
- Green precipitate, Fe(OH)₂; turns orange-brown at the surface as air oxidises it
- Orange-brown precipitate, Fe(OH)₃; insoluble in excess. Also: Cr³⁺ grey-green (dark green in excess NaOH, purple in excess NH₃); Mn²⁺ off-white, darkening in air
- Reaction setup

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## Sources

- [Housecroft & Sharpe, Inorganic Chemistry, 5th ed., Pearson 2018](https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9781292134147) Textbook

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