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When doing flame tests Li Cl and K Cl both contain Cl so what makes the flame tests different colors?
Doublewolf
The flame tests are different because they contain different metal cations. Since the metals were the variable that you changed, you know that can be the only reason why the flames would be different colors.
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What is the origin of flame colors?
Flame colours come from alkai metals reacting with salts to produce different colours.
Which elements give off a color when heated and what color?
Different elements produce different colors when heated. Here are a few examples: Lithium produces a red flame Sodium produces a yellow flame Copper produces a blue-green flame Potassium produces a lilac flame Barium produces a pale green flame
Why not all metals emit colors in the flame test?
no not all metals produce a colour flame.
What flame is produced when charcoal is sprayed into the flame?
Sprinkling charcoal in a flame will cause the flame to change colors. This is apparent in fireworks displays, which routinely use charcoal.
How do you get different colors of fireworks?
Do make a color flame with a Bunsen burner you have to twist the collar part around there is 3 settings: A full closed one with no hole makes a colored flame, a half makes a flame just enough to see and the last one, which is completely open will make the hole see through but the flame.
What is the origin of flame colors?
Flame colours come from alkai metals reacting with salts to produce different colours.
Why are flame tests valuable?
To see the different types of colors a light gives off.
Do different colors of fire have different heats?
Ofcourse, Yellow Flame - Matches or Lighters (butane) (The Coolest, still dont try touching it though) Orange Flame - Coal or Wood Red Flame - Indian Ink Blue Flame - Natural Gas Clear Flame - Hydrogen (The Hottest)
Which elements give off a color when heated and what color?
Different elements produce different colors when heated. Here are a few examples: Lithium produces a red flame Sodium produces a yellow flame Copper produces a blue-green flame Potassium produces a lilac flame Barium produces a pale green flame
Why do different elements make different colors in a flame test?
copper and sodium. they have a mixture of flame colors
Why do you see colors in flame tests?
When an atom is in the flame, an electron in the outer shell of that atom receives energy from the flame and jumps up to a higher shell position. This electron then falls back to is original position and in doing so emits a photon of light of a specific energy. You see this light as a color. Atoms from different elements have different numbers of electrons in their electron shells so the photons emitted as these electrons jump back are all of different energy and therefore emit light of a different color. The color of the flame in the flame test therefore helps to identify the element in the flame producing the colored light.
What color flame test does the iodide solution give in flame test?
It is not the anions (e.g. iodide) that are responsible for the flame test color, rather the cations such as sodium ion, potassium ion and calcium ion give you different colors.
Why is a blue flame called a clean flame?
A blue flame is call "clean" because it does not contain soot as a yellow flame does.
How can you differentiate between sodium chloride salt and potassium salt?
The colors in the flame test are different (yellow for sodium, lilac for potassium).The taste is also different.
Why not all metals emit colors in the flame test?
no not all metals produce a colour flame.
What flame is produced when charcoal is sprayed into the flame?
Sprinkling charcoal in a flame will cause the flame to change colors. This is apparent in fireworks displays, which routinely use charcoal.
Explain why you would or would not expect significant ionization in the flame?
If the test agent have free ions the ionization of the flame will be significant. When the energy reaches a point when it take more energy the flame ionization will not be significant.
