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What colour does just chlorine turn in the flame test?

Chlorine burns green in the flame test, bottle green to be exact.


Why do you use a metal-nitrate in a flame test?

it doesnt change the color of the flame.


Which metal reacts with water and burns with a lilac flame?

Potassium has a violet color in the flame test.


What metal burns with a lilac flame?

Potassium has a violet color in the flame test.


Does Copper Chloride produce a blue-green or Red flame?

In a flame test the copper ions in copper chloride will produce a 'blue/green' flame. To test for metal ions, the flame colour in a flame test is indicative of the metal present. Lithium = Red Sodium = Yellow Potassium = Lilac (pale purple). There are many more flame test colours.


What are three examples of qualitative?

- test of chlorine in water - test of sodium in a mixture by flame test - test of hydrogen sulphide in a gas mixture


What element is an alkaline earth metal and in a flame test forms a green flame?

Boric Acid


Can you predict the color flame when chlorides are heated?

Yes, but you need to know the metal of the chloride; each metal has a specific color in the flame test.


What color flame test does sodium nitrate give?

All sodium salts will give a yellow flame test, because of the metal sodium in the compounds.


A non metal which burns with a blue flame?

Flame test color blue: arsenic, selenium.


How would you test for sodium chloride?

Determining sodium or chlorine by analytical chemistry methods. In the flame test the color is yellow (from sodium radiation).


What color is the flame test for sliver nitrate?

I presume you mean silver nitrate. A flame test detects only the metal ion in a compound. There isn't one for silver.