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The colour of any sample containing copper ions burns with a bluish green flame in the flame test.

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What colour does copper nitrate compound when you burn it?

Copper nitrate does not have a distinctive color when burned. The flame may likely be blue or green due to the presence of copper ions.


What color would copper II nitrate burn?

Copper nitrate is definitely a blue colour, even though copper (II) ions, Cu2+, generally produce blue-green solids and solutions.


What color would Potassium nitrate burn?

Potassium nitrate typically produces a purple flame when burned.


What color does the copper burn in flame test?

When copper is heated in a flame, it burns with a blue-green flame. The color is due to the emission of energy in the form of light as electrons in the copper atoms are excited and then return to their ground state.


What metal burns with a blue flame?

In qualitative analysis, flame tests are used in confirming what kind of metal is present in a solution. The green flame or bluish-green flame color is usually present whenever copper metal is present in a solution.


Why does cupric nitrate burn green?

Cupric nitrate burns green because copper ions emit a green flame when they are heated. This phenomenon is due to the excitation and subsequent de-excitation of electrons in the copper atoms, producing green light.


What color does sodium nitrate burn?

In a flame test , the sodium ion will produce a bright yellow flame. The nitrate ion does not produce a colour. Dissolve sodium nitrate in water. Then using a ni-chrome wire, clean it in hydrochloric acid, dip the clean wire intoi the solution. Then pass the wire through a bunsen flame. The pale blue flame, will become bright yellow. Different metal ions produce different flame colours. Lithium = red Potassium = lilac Copper = Blue/green


What colour flame do you get when you burn copper chloride?

Burning copper chloride produces a green flame due to the presence of copper ions in the compound. The green color is a result of specific energy transitions within the copper ions when they are heated.


What color is the flame when you burn copper II chloride?

A: If you put a piece of copper wire on any type of flame (most preferably cooking flames), then you would observe that they produce a green color in the flame. Sometimes, it might give youa blue tinge but if it doesn't, it doesn't mean that there's something wrong with the copper you're using.


What color does strontium chloride burn?

Strontium nitrate emits a bright red flame when it is burned.


What color is a copper compound when you burn it?

It depends on the compound. If the compound contains copper (I) ions, the flame is blue. If the compound contains copper (II) ions bonded to a halogen (F, Cl, I, Br, or At), the flame will be a blue-green color, and if the compound contains copper (II) ions and no halogens, the flame will be a deep green.Copper sulfate burns a light/sky blue colour.


What color does helium burn in a flame test?

Helium does not burn in a flame test because it is an inert gas and does not react with the flame to produce a characteristic color.