Discussion Questions 1. Why do different metals have different characteristic flame test colours? The photons emitted during the test precisely match the quantum energy difference between the excited state and the ground state. For different elements the spacing between the ground state and the higher energy levels is different. So different elements have different flame test colours. 2. Most salts contain a metal and a non-metal. Look at the compounds we tested and determine whether it is
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Title: Flame Test Aim: To determine the cation in each of the unknown substance X‚ Y and Z by observing the flame colour of different metal compounds. Introduction: A distinctive feature of many s-block metals is their ability to produce flame colours. At temperature of a Bunsen flame‚ a compound will decompose to give gaseous atoms of its constituent elements. When an electron in the gaseous atom absorbs energy from the flame‚ it will move from an orbital with lower energy to
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A generation of Suffolk Sporting talent inspired by Olympic flame The Suffolk Youth Games completed its inspirational journey from the millennium to the Olympics yesterday and bowed out in a blaze of glory as the Olympic Torch visited the closing ceremony. Around 800 young people representing Suffolk’s sporting future converged on Bury St Edmunds on Saturday 7th July for the thirteenth staging of the Redrow Homes Suffolk Youth Games. The event‚ organised by Suffolk Sport‚ the County Sports Partnership
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Sodium‚ one of many elements in the periodic table is being used in everyday life‚ it is also an essential element within your body. It is just another element‚ but one of the differences is that this element is something that most people consume every day. Sodium has played an important role in everyday life because of its uses in medicine‚ industry‚ and agriculture(Shriver). Sodium was discovered in 1807 by a man named Sir Humphrey Davy. He was well known for his discoveries of most alkali metals
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Date: 20/03/13 Flame Test – Investigating Compounds Aims To identify the presence of a relatively small amount (ie low concentration) of a metal ion in a compound. Method 1. Clean a platinum or nichrome wire by dipping it into concentrated hydrochloric acid. 2. Hold the platinum or nichrome wire at the hottest or blue part of a non-luminous Bunsen flame. 3. Repeat until the wire does not produce any colour in the flame (note: do not touch the wire‚ as salt in sweat will produce
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Flame Tests By: Jordan Anthony‚ Zack Balog‚ and Evan Degraw Regents Chemistry class‚ Union Springs High School‚ 4th period January 19/2015 The purpose of this lab was to see what colors are characteristic of particular metallic ions in a flame test and use their characteristic color to identify other elements. Another purpose is to understand how fireworks work. This experiment will help one understand how a flame test is performed and that every metal has a unique bright
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3/5/14 3/5/14 Flame Test Purpose In this experiment I will learn how to perform and observe the flame tests of some alkali and alkaline earth metals and be able to identify and unknown chemical by the color of the flame Procedure I placed about 0.5 mL of 8 different chemicals into 8 different places in the 24-well plate. I then lit the handy wick to keep a flame burning. I soaked a cotton swab in the first chemical and moved the cotton swab in and out of the flame rapidly to see the flame color change
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How does the chemical being burned affect the color of fire? Why do you think each fire burns a different color? The colors of the flames are are due to the different chemicals and substances. The bright yellow-orange of most wood fueled flames is because of the sodium‚ and when it’s heated‚ it emits the glow of the fire. The blue in some wood-fueled flames is because of the carbon and hydrogen emit a blue and purple aura. How are the colors produced by a chemical when it burns related to the atomic
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The development of Periodic Table Elements such as gold and silver have been known since the earliest times. In 1649‚ a German alchemist‚ Hennig Brand made the first scientific discovery of an element‚ phosphorous. In the next 200 years‚ knowledge about the properties of elements and their compounds was gained. By 1869‚ 63 elements had been discovered in total. Scientists began to categorise those elements according to the similarities of their physical and chemical properties‚ which become the
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DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL‚RANIPUR‚HARIDWAR LESSON 6:COMBUSTION AND FLAME DATED:24.07.14 1 COMBUSTION: When a substance combines readily with oxygen to give heat and (light) it is called combustion. 2 COMBUSTILE SUBSTANCE: A substance which burns easily to give heat it is said to be combustible. For ex. Wood ‚paper 3 FUEL: A substance that is burnt for obtaining heat and light is called a fuel. Carbon based fuel: wood ‚coal‚wax ‚petrol etc. Non carbon based fuel: hydrogen 4 CHARACTERISTICS OF AN
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