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The heat of the flame provides thermal energy which can excite the electrons in the atom to higher energy levels. When the electrons 'relax' down to their ground state the excess energy is given out as radiation. For it to be coloured, the radiation must fall in the visible spectrum.

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What do atoms of the same given element share?

Atoms of a given element always have the same number of protons in their nucleus. Neutrons can vary (in different isotopes) and electrons can vary (in different ions) but protons are always the same for a given element. If the number of protons is changed, then you no longer have the same element.


How do you mask the color given off in a flame test with the normal color of fire?

If you open the valve on the bunsen burner fully the flame becomes virtually invisible and therefore there are no interactions between the original flame colour and the colour produced by the chemical.


How do isotopes of a given element differ?

Isotopes of a given element have the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons, resulting in different atomic masses. This causes isotopes to have different physical properties, such as differing in stability and radioactive decay rates.


Isotopes of a given element have what?

An isotope has same number of protons but a different number of neutrons as the original element in the atomic nucleus; it has the same atomic number as the element which isn't an isotope, but will have a different mass number. -atomic number


How are isotopes the same but different?

Isotopes are different forms of the same element which have different numbers of neutrons in their atomic nuclei. A given element is identified by the number of protons in its nucleus; that's its atomic number. Two different isotopes of the same element have the same number of protons, but each has a different number of neutrons in its nucleus. Different isotopes of the same element are chemically the same.

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What do atoms of the same given element share?

Atoms of a given element always have the same number of protons in their nucleus. Neutrons can vary (in different isotopes) and electrons can vary (in different ions) but protons are always the same for a given element. If the number of protons is changed, then you no longer have the same element.


What are atoms of a given element that have a different number of neutrons?

Isotopes.


Uses of flame tests in industry?

There are a few different applications of a flame test. These applications include testing for specific chemicals, checking some items specifically for poisonous chemicals, and testing fireworks.


Do the nuclei of all atoms of a given element always have the same number of neutrons?

No - different isotopes of an element have different numbers of neutrons. All atoms of an element will have the same number of protons.


What number identify an element?

The atomic number of an element is equal to the number of protons in the nucleus of that element; it will identify the element. The number of neutrons of a given element may be different as the element may have a number of isotopes.


How do you mask the color given off in a flame test with the normal color of fire?

If you open the valve on the bunsen burner fully the flame becomes virtually invisible and therefore there are no interactions between the original flame colour and the colour produced by the chemical.


How do isotopes of a given element differ?

Isotopes of a given element have the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons, resulting in different atomic masses. This causes isotopes to have different physical properties, such as differing in stability and radioactive decay rates.


What kind of flowers were given to the athelets at the Olympics?

Different contries have different colors of flowers. For example, spidermoms and hypericum berries.


How do the isotopes of a given element differ from another?

In that they have different masses due to difference in neutrone number


What does every atom in a particular element have in common?

They all have the same number of neutrons. All atoms of a given element have a specific number of protons. That is what gives an element its elemental identity. But we know that different atoms of a given element can have different numbers of neutrons. These different atoms of the same element are the isotopes of that element. All the atoms of a given isotope of a given element will have the same number of protons and will have the same number of neutrons. all isotopes of an atom have same number of proton but they have different number of neutron so they have same chemical properties and different physical properties. all isotopes of an atom have same number of proton but they have different number of neutron so they have same chemical properties and different physical properties.


Isotopes of a given element have what?

An isotope has same number of protons but a different number of neutrons as the original element in the atomic nucleus; it has the same atomic number as the element which isn't an isotope, but will have a different mass number. -atomic number


Which statement is true Isotopes are atoms of different elements with equal mass. For the same element they have equal numbers of neutrons. Isotopes of a given element have similar chemical properties?

For the same element, isotopes have equal numbers of protons but different numbers of neutrons. Isotopes of a given element have similar chemical properties due to having the same number of electrons, which determines an element's chemical behavior.