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Question

A metal salt solution forms a yellow precipitate with potassium chromate in acetic acid, a white precipitate with dilute sulphuric acid, but gives no precipitate with sodium chloride or iodide, it is :

Options

A.lead carbonate
B.basic lead carbonate
C.barium carbonate
D.strontium carbonate

Solution

Ba2+ + CrO42- → BaCrO4↓ (yelllow) ; Ba2+ + SO4 →  BaSO4 (white).
Ba2+ + 2Cl- →  BaCl2 (soluble in water).
Ksp of SrCrO4 is high in acetic acid, so no precipitate is formed.
Lead carbonate and basic lead carbonate both gives precipitate with K2CrO4 and NaCl.

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