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The color of the flame test is specific for some metals. See the link below.
A flame test.
Iron has a yellow-gold color in the flame test.
just looking at the color of the flame --- qualitative
Potassium has a violet color in the flame test.
The color of the flame test is specific for some metals. See the link below.
It is usually used for when one is trying to figure out the chemical make up of an unknown substance. Depending on what color the substance makes during a flame test will help you figure out what it is composed of.
a substance burns with a flame due to the presence of volatile substances in it
The flame test in analytical chemistry is only qualitative.
A flame test.
NaCl burns yellow in a flame test.
Aluminium ions like Magnesium ions have no colour in a flame test
you need to do the flame test you need to do the flame test
Flame test
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.
A firebreather spits a mouthful of flammable substance at a flame. The result is a ball of flame.
The temperature of the flame.