Flame Tests (Activity 1)

• What is Step 1 of the flame test?

  Pour around 1cm of each of the solutions into test tubes and label them.
• What solutions can you test using the Flame Test?

  Chlorides of the following: Lithium, sodium, potassium, calcium and copper
• What is Step 2 of the flame test?

  Dip the nichrome wire into a solution then hold it in the blue flame of a bunsen burner.
• What is Step 4?

  Before testing the next solution, clean the nichrome wire using concentrated hydrochloric acid
• What is the acronym to remember the colours?

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• So what is the colour for Lithium?


  Crimson
• What is the colour for Sodium?


  Yellow
• What is the colour for Potassium?


  Lilac
• What is the colour for calcium?


  Orange-red
• What is the colour for copper?


  Green
• What is Step 3 of the flame test?

  Record your observations: What is the flame colour?