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potassium (K) produces a blueish purple flame

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Q: What color flame does potassium ions produce in a flame emission photometer?
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What color flame does potassium ions produce in a flame emmision photometer?

Red-violet.


What color do you get when you burn potassium chloride?

A lila color, from potassium spectral lines.


What is the colour of potassium carbonate?

In a flame test, potassium and its compounds emit a lilac color, which may be masked by the strong yellow emission of sodium if it is also present. Cobalt glass can be used to filter out the yellow sodium color. The potassium ion is colorless in water.


What color is potassium carbonate?

In a flame test, potassium and its compounds emit a lilac color, which may be masked by the strong yellow emission of sodium if it is also present. Cobalt glass can be used to filter out the yellow sodium color. The potassium ion is colorless in water.


Why does potassium produce pink sparks when immersed in water?

Potassium is extremely reactive. It will react with water in much the same way that many other metal react with acid. The heat of the reactions is enough to set the potassium on fire. The pink comes from the emission spectra. The heat of the reaction excites electrons in the potassium atoms into higher energy states. When the electrons return to their normal states they release the energy in the form of light of specific wavelengths, producing a distinct color. In the case of potassium the color is pink.


Explain the effect of the nitrate ion in solution on the color emission?

The nitrate ion is the oxidizing agent in the compound without it you could not burn the chemicals and you could not produce a spectrum so there would be no emission of color


Is potassium used in fireworks?

sort of. they contain potassium nitrate, a potassium salt.


Why do lithium produce red color when placed in flames?

The colors in the flame test depends on the specific emission lines of a chemical element.


Why did each compound produce a flame of a different color?

Different elements have different emission spectra, meaning that if the electrons in an atom are excited, they will release that energy in different color of light. The flame color depends on the elements in the compound.


What instrument is used to measure the amount of chemical of a solution based on its color?

spectrophotometer


Does the reactants of silver nitrate with potassium sulfide produce a black precipitate?

It is a dark brown or amber color.


What color flame test does potassium chloride?

When flame tested, Sodium ions range from a yellow to a bright orange flame and Potassium ions give a lilac or light purple flame. Neither the Sulphate nor the Chloride ions should have emission spectra in the visible range.