VLD 421: Veterinary Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Diagnosis-II (0+1)

Detection of atimony

DETECTION OF ANTIMONY

Aim

• To detect the presence of Antimony in biological material.

Materials

• Ammonium carbonate (10% aqueous sol.)
• Ammonium sulphide (20% aqueous sol.)

Procedure

• On a porcelain plate , place two separate drops of aqueous solution of unknown or two pinches of solid unknown samples and number them as 1,2
• Add a drop of ammonium carbonate (10% ) to sample 1 and a drop of ammonium sulphide (20% ) to sample 2.
• Observe the colour the changes.

Inference

• Antimony produces white colour with ammonium carbonate and Orange colour with ammonium sulphide.