In \( III ^{ rd } \) group of salt analysis for cations \( NH _{4} Cl \) and \( NH _{4} OH \) are added as group reagents. Which of the following can be used instead of \( NH _{4} Cl \) ? (a) \( NaCl \) (b) \( \left( NH _{4}\right)_{2} SO _{4} \) (c) \( \left( NH _{4}\right)_{2} C _{2} O _{4} \) (d) \( NH _{4} NO _{3} \)


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d) NH4NO3

As it provides NH+4 ions which suppresses the ionisation of NH4OH so that only the group 3rd cations are precipitated as hydroxides because of their low solubility products and NO3 ions do not produce precipitate with the cations of IVth,Vth and VIth groups.