Flame Test Lab

 



Introduction: Some metals ions can be identified by the color of their flame during a flame test. Different elements placed into a flame will turn the flame different colors.

Essential Question: What metals do colors indicate?  

 

chemical formula                                Name of metal                                   Color Produced

CuCl2                                                         copper                                                       Green

KNO3                                                         Potassium                                              Pink & Purple

Sr(NO3z)                                                    Strontium                                                    Red

CoCl3                                                         Cobalt                                                         Green

LiNo3                                                         lithium                                                     Red & Orange

MgCl2                                                        Magnesium                                            White-ish Sparks

KNO3                                                         Potassium                                                Pink & Purple

 

Questions: 1 - The inaccuracies involved when using a flame for identification purposes?

If your color blind you wont be able to recognize the colors correctly.

2 - it was easy to recognize elements that I didn't know is when they came up I would just right them down and look them up later.