In the lab you are given 4 bottles, each containing about 5 grams of finely powd

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In the lab you are given 4 bottles, each containing about 5 grams of finely powdered white substance Located near the bottles are four labels which indicate that each bottle contains a high purity substance. One bottle contains glucose (CHO), another bottle sodium chloride (NaC), another aluminum oxide (Al2O;), and another zinc sulfate (ZnSO,) Assume that these labels belong to the bottles and that each bottle contains a single substance. Describe the tests that you could conduct to determine which label belongs to which bottle. Give the results you would expect for each test. Make sure you justify each compound by using knowledge of solubility rules and net ionic equations. You may use only use a solution of barium nitrate, a conductivity tester and water to identity of the substance in each of the bottles.

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According to question;

As we know that;

There are four compounds glucose (C6H12O6) , sodium chloride (NaCl), aluminum oxide (Al3O3), and zinc sulfate (ZnSO4).

Then,

Out of these only aluminum oxide (Al3O3) is insoluble in water.

Now,

We heat all the compound, on heating glucose will caramelize while other salts NaCl and ZnSO4 have high melting points.

So,

Now we dissolve NaCl and ZnSO4 in water , NaCl gives neutral solution while ZnSO4 gives acidic solutions which are indentified with the use of litmus paper

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