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Offline qlabel

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Sodium test
« on: April 13, 2006, 10:17:14 AM »
Hello! Is the flame test the best test for sodium? I think yes caue it has a very bright flame....

Any help would be great!

thanks!

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Re: Sodium test
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2006, 10:28:01 AM »
Yeah! The flame test is pretty sensitive! Bright Yellow flame. Try to use a spectroscope if you can.
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Re: Sodium test
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2006, 04:11:01 PM »
The problem is, it is so sensitive you may easily get false positive in case of slighly contaminated sample.
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