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A colourless solution is tested. (i) Warming the original solution with gives a gas that turns Nessler's reagent brown. (ii) After the usual earlier groups, , and give a white precipitate that dissolves completely in hot acetic acid. (iii) The acetic acid solution gives no precipitate with , but the precipitate imparts a brick-red flame. Which conclusions are justified?

  1. A is present in the original solution.
  2. B is present.
  3. C is present.
  4. D is certainly absent.

Answer: A, B

Test (i) is on the original solution, so is present. The carbonate precipitate with brick-red flame and no yellow chromate indicates and rules out . Magnesium is not precipitated by under these conditions, so no conclusion about it can be drawn from these tests.
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