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It is not suffiecient to identify a cation only on a flame test.æ You must also identify the color of the flame which corresponds to a certain element.

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What does the flame test tell you about chemicals?

With the flame test we can identify some chemical elements; see the link to Wikipedia, for ex.


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The color of the flame is indicative of the constituent elements.


What is the use of flame test?

to identify atoms present on an element


What does the flame test give off to identify a substance?

The color of the flame test is specific for some metals. See the link below.


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What color does Iron (III) chloride turn in flame test?

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Why can you not use flame tests to identify all the elements?

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What test other than the pop test could be performed to identify Hydrogen?

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What is a cation test?

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