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Flame Test 07

This is the best of the Burning Salts/Flame Test demonstration videos (see below). This is a shorter version of the "Burning Salts" video and is a classic chemistry demonstration. This one uses me...  
 
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mrericsully (17 hours ago) Show Hide
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You're welcome.
mrericsully (17 hours ago) Show Hide
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The blue you see initially is the excess alcohol burning off, as the reaction continues you can see the orange better.
deviance87 (2 days ago) Show Hide
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the flame from calcium looked more blue to me
hannahbananaxo14 (4 days ago) Show Hide
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That's really cool! (And it helped me with my chemistry homework). Thanks! :)
fleawizard (1 week ago) Show Hide
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were these pure elements lit with a fuel or are they naturally flamable?
mrericsully (1 week ago) Show Hide
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Neither, they are compounds [mostly chlorides] of the metals and the are in a little bit of a flammable liquid.
Raonisk (1 week ago) Show Hide
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where did you get borum salts?
That fire is amazing....
awesometology (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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potassium is hard to find
mrericsully (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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It can be but, I use potassium chloride here which can be found in sodium free salts in grocery stores.
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What are you burning them on? It looks like they are on a glass disc, but how is the gas getting through, or aren't you burning them on gas?

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