TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
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Apparatus and Reagents [1]-7
CHAPTER II
General Outline of Blowpipe Analysis [8]
Definitions [9]
Examination on Charcoal Alone [10]
Examination on Charcoal with Sodium Carbonate [13]
Examination in Tube with Sodium Carbonate and Charcoal [15]
Examination on Platinum Wire [16]
Examination in Borax Bead [17]
Examination with Cobalt Nitrate [20]
CHAPTER III
General Reactions for the Detection of the Metallic Elements in Simple Compounds [22]
Aluminum [23]
Antimony [24]
Arsenic [25]
Bismuth [25]
Cadmium [26]
Chromium [26]
Cobalt [27]
Copper [28]
Iron [28]
Lead [29]
Manganese [30]
Mercury [30]
Nickel [31]
Silver [32]
Tin [32]
Zinc [33]
The Alkali Metals [34]
Ammonium [34]
Potassium [35]
Sodium [35]
Lithium [36]
The Alkaline Earths [36]
Barium [36]
Calcium [37]
Strontium [37]
The Acid Elements [37]
Borates [37]
Bromides [38]
Chlorides [38]
Fluorides [38]
Iodides [39]
Nitrates [39]
Phosphates [40]
Silicates [40]
Sulphides [41]
CHAPTER IV
Behavior of Some of the Principal Ores before the Blowpipe [43]
Ores of Antimony [46]
Ores of Arsenic [47]
Ores of Bismuth [48]
Ores of Chromium [49]
Ores of Cobalt [50]
Ores of Copper [52]
Ores of Iron [57]
Ores of Lead [60]
Ores of Manganese [63]
Ores of Mercury [64]
Ores of Nickel [65]
Ores of Silver [66]
Ores of Tin [69]
Ores of Zinc [70]
COMPARATIVE TABLES
I. Colors of Coatings on Charcoal [73]
II. Flame Colorations [73]
III. Colors of Borax Beads in oxidizing Flame [74]
IV. Colors of Borax Beads in reducing Flame [75]
V. Colors of Microcosmic Salt Beads in oxidizing Flame [76]
VI. Colors of Microcosmic Salt Beads in reducing Flame [77]
