Calcium Chloride Flame Test

[ferencproject]

does this work with CaSO4 (calcium sulfate)?

[mrericsully]

@ferencproject It should- however this demonstration is helped by the fact that the compound dissolves a little in the alcohol and I believe calcium sulfate is less soluble, so it might be harder to notice the flame color. Also, although it works with hydrated compounds it works better with the dehydrated (or in calcium sulfate's case the less hydrated) compounds [x0 H2O is better than x1/2 H2O is better than x2 H2O].

[mrericsully]

@l33tpwnerz Also, calcium flame tests have been well established as having an orange color through numerous [even countless] tests in the past- it is not like I am making a new claim here or attempting to establish a new fact. I am not doing true experimentation because the outcome is known, instead I am illustrating or demonstrating an established principle here.

[mrericsully]

@l33tpwnerz Because the alcohol's flame is light blue and when starved of oxygen is light yellow. I have also burned solid CaCl2 and it has the same flame color [but there is a difference between being burned and what is classically defined as flammable).

If you'd like to see the video of alcohol burning alone, goto: youtube(dot)com/watch?v=0ka1lE­eSngE

If you'd like to see alcohol compared to calcium chloride goto, youtube(dot)com/watch?v=jJvS4u­c4TbU&feature=relmfu .

[Agentoxedo07]

Holy-Terrorist:>*=* calcium chloride(CaCl2) is flammable? ? ?

[mrericsully]

@Agentoxedo07 No, I put some alcohol on it to produce the colored flame.

[JAKEnFRANCO]

0:04 "hi youtube!" xD