Preparing insoluble salts by precipitation

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1. What salts are
2. Action of heat on carbonates
3. Action of heat on nitrates
4. Action of heat on sulphates
5. Thermal decomposition and the environment
6. Solubility of salts in water
7. Effect of temperature on solubility
8. Solubility curves
9. Mass crystallised from a saturated solution
10. Fractional crystallisation
11. Industrial uses of fractional crystallisation
12. Preparing insoluble salts by precipitation
13. Ionic equations for precipitation
14. Tests for cations
15. Tests for anions
16. Tests for gases evolved
17. Flame tests
18. Analysing an unknown salt
19. Complex ions
20. Importance of salts in daily life