Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Cations can be identified with flame tests or precipitate tests using sodium hydroxide and ammonia solutions. Anions ...

Michael Giuliano guides through the metal salts used in this experiment, called a metal flame test. “This is table salt, a solution of sodium chloride,” and some you probably don’t.

IntroductionSalt slurries in petri dishes with methanol are ignited and characteristic colors for various metals are observed. Colors of emission spectra are due to loosely-bound valence electrons ...

The Nordic Committee on Food Analysis (NMKL) has identified flame atomic absorption spectrometry after microwave digestion as a viable means of determining sodium content in foodstuffs. A project ...

In the classroom: Forensic scientists solve 'murder scene' with flame tests. ... sodium goes orange and potassium goes lilac. But, I want them to work it out for themselves, ...

There are 2 types of tests that can be used: flame tests and precipitation tests. ... Ionic compounds to test. Sodium chloride, calcium chloride, lithium chloride, potassium chloride, copper(II) ...