Solution:
Calcium salts, such as calcium chloride, can be used to distinguish between reagent bottles A and B Ca(NO3)2.
On adding NaOH to Ca(NO3)2, a white precipitate Ca (OH) 2 is formed which is sparingly soluble in excess of NaOH.
Ca(NO3)2 + 2NaOH → Ca(OH)2 + 2NaNO3
In contrast, when is added to calcium salts, no precipitation of is observed, even when an excess of is added. This is because the concentration of ions formed by the ionization of is so low that it is unable to precipitate the calcium hydroxide.
Thus, the reagent bottle which gives white precipitate is NaOH and the other one should contain NH4OH.