Public Lab Research note


Comparative and qualitative flame spectroscopy

by warren | August 13, 2013 16:28 13 Aug 16:28 | #8996 | #8996

The lead image is from three photos on Wikipedia's article on flame testing, which lists a variety of flames with helpful photos to match flame color to their probable contents. The flames above are, left to right, lead, arsenic, and copper.

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For those of you working on educational materials, Aus-e-tute also has a nice activity/lesson for identifying flame spectra:

http://www.ausetute.com.au/emissions.html (this has been referenced before)

This is similar to some of the work done by Stu Williams in Australia: http://publiclab.org/notes/straylight/10-14-2012/classroom-flame-spectroscopy


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