Class 11 & 12 Chemistry Practical — CBSE, ISC, Kerala & Other State Boards
Salt Analysis — Virtual Lab
Test an unknown salt yourself — animated dry heating, flame test, and wet reagent tests for every cation and anion in the standard qualitative analysis scheme. No real lab required.
Unknown Salt
Salt X
Step 1 — Physical Examination
Step 2 — Dry Heating Test
Step 3 — Flame Test
Step 4 — Anion Analysis
Step 5 — Cation Analysis
What is Salt Analysis?
Salt analysis (also called qualitative inorganic analysis) is the systematic procedure used to identify the cation (basic radical) and anion (acidic radical) present in an unknown inorganic salt. It's a core Class 12 Chemistry practical — and appears in a simpler form in Class 11 — carrying real weight in the practical exam and viva.
This isn't a CBSE-only topic. CBSE, ISC/ICSE, Kerala (HSE), and most other state boards base their Class 11-12 Chemistry practicals on the same NCERT-derived qualitative analysis scheme, so the cations, anions, and test procedures on this page apply regardless of which board you're preparing for — only the exact list of salts named in your board's practical manual varies slightly.
The real procedure always follows the same order: preliminary tests (colour, dry heating, flame test) → anion analysis (group tests followed by a confirmatory test) → cation analysis (group reagent followed by a confirmatory test). The interactive lab above follows exactly this order, using a randomly generated unknown salt each time so you can practise the full procedure repeatedly.
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