by ERICO on October 30th, 2009

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Why do some elements produce colorful flames

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  • by kazi on November 5th, 2009

    kazi

    seems to be a homework problem!
    take a look at your study materials!

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  • by Abdullah on November 15th, 2009

    Abdullah

    "I love thus experiment "
    That because of the electrons
    when the metal hated the electrons take more energy and go to higher energy orbit and turn to it's original one the deference between the orbits energies realest as a colorful light !
    here is some the famous flame colors :-
    Violet :- Potassium salts "like KNO 3"
    Green "Copper sulfates "CuSO4" and Barium Chlorates " BaClO3"
    Red : Lithium salts .like "LiNO3" or Strontium's
    White Magnesium "Mg"
    Orange Calcium salts like "CaCl"
    Blue :Copper Chloride
    you can see thus for more
    http://chemistry.about.com/cs/howtos/a/aa052703a.htm
    Yellow Sodium salts like "NaCl"

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  • by jreed_mcu on October 30th, 2009

    jreed_mcu

    Chemistry homework?

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  • by a nony mous on October 30th, 2009

    a nony mous

    A guess, since I was a dunce in chemistry:

    the elements generate light with differing wavelengths within the spectrum visible to the human eye. Different wavelength = different color.

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