Analysis of salts using color change when heated In order to detect basic radicals one of the preliminary test done is dry test tube heating. My book says that on doing so salts that would appear black when hot and cold are supposed to be Mn, Co, Ni or Cu salt. But does it refer to white salts turning black during heating or salts of any colour including black when it says that they appear black after heating?
No when cold they can be of different colours as can be seen from the following table: