Flame Test

[DactaDork]

@antiswatt2 I have burned lithium compounds before (as well as lithium itself) and it is a deep pink- almost purple.

[bhavek18966]

are there any other methods of identifying metals in a substance?

[dbc616]

@bhavek18966 There are plenty of reactions that identify metals, (ex. reactions that work with that substance.) If you want to identify a metal yourself, just google:  ____ assay, there'll be plenty of results

[dagalsevidxela1]

boron has a really cool flame, love your videos!

[lightingbaka]

potassium flame looks white sometimes

my favorite flame is the boron

i cant waite to do this experiment lol

[antiswattt2]

i think you should try a bunsenburner and then take some of these salts and put either on al foil or hold on something over the flame (: works better (:

[dbc616]

We considered that, but then tried this method, which is easier Maybe a future video! :)

[antiswattt2]

btw i thought that potassium was pink? o_O

[dbc616]

No, Lithium is pink. for a full flame test with a lot more compounds, check out "mrericsully" 's "flame test 07".

[mrericsully]

I love the editing you did, especially the colored text descriptions at the end. Keep up the good work.

[dbc616]

Thanks, since I edited this with my new computer, it was much easier to add the titles. The program (iMovie 09) also has green screen capabilities, so in upcoming videos where i might need virtual molecular models, I can fake a green screen with another program and overlay a virtual molecular model on top of the video.

[kildas]

Nice video ... good work

[dbc616]

Thanks!

[Davincifan98]

Very cool! :) Showing them all lined up together at the end like that was awesome.

[dbc616]

yeah I know i used to have an old version of the video but i used iMovie 09 to add the titles