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Which of the following steps are not involved in gravimetric analysis:

Updated On: Jul 14, 2026
  • Precipitation
  • Indicator
  • Digestion
  • Filtration
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The Correct Option is B

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The correct option is (B): Indicator.
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The question asks which listed step does not belong to the gravimetric analysis procedure. Let's check what each option actually does in an analytical method.

  1. Precipitation: Converting the ion of interest into an insoluble compound is the first working step of gravimetric analysis, so it is a genuine part of the method.
  2. Indicator: An indicator is a reagent that changes color at the endpoint of a titration in volumetric, or titrimetric, analysis. Gravimetric analysis does not use any color-change endpoint at all, since the amount of substance is found purely by weighing a solid, not by titrating a solution.
  3. Digestion: After precipitation, the precipitate is left to stand with its mother liquor so small crystals combine into larger, purer, more easily filtered particles, which makes digestion a real step in the gravimetric sequence.
  4. Filtration: The precipitate is separated from the liquid by filtration before washing, drying, and weighing, so this is also a genuine step of the gravimetric method.

Every option except the indicator describes an actual operation in the precipitate-to-weight workflow of gravimetric analysis.

The correct answer is Indicator.

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