Flame Tests

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Potassium (K+)

Lilac Flame

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Sodium (Na+)

Produces a yellow flame

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Lithium (Li+)

Produces a crimson red flame

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Calcium (Ca2+)

Produces an orange-red flame

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Copper (Cu2+)

Produces a green flame

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How would you construct a flame test?

  1. Submerge a nichrome wire loop in dilute hydrochloric acid to make sure that it is clean.

  2. Place the nichrome wire loop into the sample to be tested.

  3. Hold the nichrome wire loop in a Bunsen burner's blue flame.

  4. Observe any change in colour of the Bunsen flame.

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