This picture is a little blurry, but you can see the drastic change in color of the flame
Looking at the flame through cobalt glass for metals that turned the flame orange
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Flame Test Lab
Today in class we performed the flame test lab. With this lab we put sticks soaked in different metallic solutions, as well as one solid metal, into the flame of a bunsen burner. By burning these different metals we were able to see a color change within the flame. By recording these colors we were able to determine the wavelengths of the metals including an unknown. In order to determine the unknown metal we had to calculate the energy of one mole per photon of all the metals and compare the numbers. In doing so, my lab partner and I were able to determine our unknown (D) as sodium.
Looking at the flame through cobalt glass for metals that turned the flame orange
Looking at the flame through cobalt glass for metals that turned the flame orange
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Nice job on capturing multiple colors emitted from chemicals. Your post gave good insight on how different chemicals will give off different colors when put into fire because of their wavelengths.
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