A laboratory stores four colourless solutions: lithium nitrate, sodium nitrate, potassium nitrate and calcium nitrate. The label has fallen off one bottle. A flame test on the solution produces an orange-red flame.
Which nitrate solution was tested?
Sodium nitrate
Lithium nitrate
Calcium nitrate
Potassium nitrate
93 exam-style questions on AQA GCSE Chemistry 8.3 Identification of ions by chemical and spectroscopic means, covering 8.3.1 Flame tests, 8.3.2 Metal hydroxides, 8.3.3 Carbonates, 8.3.4 Halides, 8.3.5 Sulfates, 8.3.6 Instrumental methods, and 8.3.7 Flame emission spectroscopy. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.