Procedure: A piece of dry sodium is introduced into a fusion tube and heated till it melts. A drop of few crystals of the organic compound is added to the fusion tube. The mixture is fused gently on a Bunsen flame initially. The tube is then heated until red hot and plunged into in a mortar containing distilled water. The contents are ground throughly and filtered. The filtrate is known as sodium fusin extract, stock solution or Lassaigne’s extract. The filtrate is divided into three parts, which are used for the detection of nitrogen, sulphur and halogen in organic compound.