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Chemistry Forums for Students => High School Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: kellychan on August 23, 2005, 02:27:26 AM

Title: flame test
Post by: kellychan on August 23, 2005, 02:27:26 AM
what are the apparatus needed in preforming the flame test??

I can only think of :

sodium metal,
platium wire,
conc. HCL,
bunsen burner,
cobalt blue glass

do I miss the others??

thanks....
Title: Re:flame test
Post by: xiankai on August 23, 2005, 06:10:37 AM
for a flame test wouldn't u be just checking the flame colour of the metal? all u would need is the metal to be tested, a pair of tongs to hold it and a bunsen flame.