Question

If a light blue solution is in a lab, is it possible it could contain copper, silver, and magnesium?

Answer 1

I meant manganese

Answer 2

Hm that's kind of a vague question. Are they complexed to each other, or anything else in particular?

Answer 3

copper can be blue depending on it's oxidation state, manganese is usually pink but varies, but silver is always silvery.

Answer 4

In Chem. We were given an unknown solution and were told to put it through tests to find out what is in it. My test for manganese was a little weird. If your solution was purple, it is said to contain manganese. Mine was like a grape juice color but more red than purple so I don't know if it has manganese in it, but from my other tests, I know that the solution contains silver and copper.

Answer 5

yeah i would say that's manganese. did you have an option to have iron as well?

Answer 6

I know the solution doesn't have lead. I do the tests for Iron, Nickel, and Cobalt tomorrow

Answer 7

Also my solution wasn't just mostly red. when held up to the light it looked blood red

Answer 8

hm idk if that's iron. Did they not give you a reference sheet?

Answer 9

Nope. My teacher is crazy. She was a valedictorian of her high school and college. So, she expects us to all be geniuses too and no everything.

Answer 10

lol well it's impossible to know these things unless you're told them (or do experiments yourself). Theres likely to be some sort of chart in your textbook or lab manual, if not you can always google "colours of manganese" and all of them and write down all the possible colours along with their oxidation state.

Answer 11

copper can be blue.cor example CuSO4 solution is a blue color