Flame Test Colour Chart
Metal ion flame test colours chart this graphic looks at the colour of various metal and metalloid ions that occur during flame tests.
Flame test colour chart. Flame test colorful elements burning metals reveal themselves from unexpected awesome colors in a simple flame test. Most people probably remember doing this experiment in school chemistry lessons if not with the full range of ions shown here but for the uninitiated a brief explanation of the origin of the colours follows. The flame test color for strontium is the red of emergency flares and red fireworks.
Most people probably remember doing this experiment in school chemistry lessons if not with the full range of ions shown here but for the uninitiated a brief explanation of the origin of the colours follows. Also some metal ions display colors that are similar to each other making it hard to tell them apart. Barium manganese ii and molybdenum.
Green stay hungry for more getty images. For group 1 compounds flame tests are usually by far the easiest way of identifying which metal you have got. Not all metal ions give flame colors.
What about green or purple flames. While it s a useful qualitative analysis test and a lot of fun to perform it can t be used to identify all metals because not all metal ions yield flame colors. This graphic looks at the colour of various metal and metalloid ions that occur during flame tests.
Blue orange and yellow flames are pretty common.