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Why is it essential to oxidise ferrous salt to ferric salt in group III? |
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Answer» This is because the ferrous salts are not compoletely precipitated as `Fe(OH)_(2)` in the presence of `NH_(4)Cl` on the addition of `NH_(4)OH` and thus iron will also be precipitated in the group IV as `FeS` on passing `H_(2)S`. Therefore to precipitate iron completely in the group III, it is necessary to oxidise ferrous salt to ferric salt. |
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