The results may be erroneous.
Lithium turns red in flame tests.
Fireworks
Precipitation tests Flame tests Tests on gases Other ions
From solution I expect you mean. The really quickest way is to evaporate the solution off, and thus it will leave the salt crystals behind. From this tests can be carried out to see what salt it is, these are tests for ions. Such tests include a flame test. If the flame changes to yellow when the compound is burnt then it suggests the precense of sodium ions, lilac for potassium ions and so on. You could also do a precipitation aswell as a test for chloride ions ect.
The color that is produced is orange
Flame tests are often used to identify metals and other substances, such as sodium. If you expose the element sodium to flame, it will give off a bright, vibrant yellow color.
Iron (III) chloride does not produce a distinct color flame during a flame test. This compound is typically used more for other chemical tests rather than flame tests for cation identification.
The result can be erroneous.
1. not all elements give colour to the flame 2. flame test is not always accurate
Lead compounds tend to be blue in flame tests
Sodium can cause difficulties in flame tests of other elements because it produces a very bright yellow flame, which can mask or interfere with the colors produced by other elements.
there are many tests but flame test, colour and spectroscopy..are the prilimnary tests for identifying metals.