Little Edward Jr. being inquisitive decided to prove that the town of Goldenville in fact wasn’t made out of pure gold but from another metal that resembles gold; using his knowledge little Edward Junior came to a conclusion that because gold is a rare substance it is suspicious that the town of Goldenville has such abundant gold so therefore the gold in Goldenville had to be fake. Little Edward Jr. decided to share this information, but would people believe him? Because of this little Edwin Jr. performed a series of experiments involving techniques such as volume, mass,density,flame test, periodic table information, and properties of transition metals to confirm that the town of Goldenville’s gold is physically and atomically different from…show more content… decided to also use chemical properties to determine what metal the cubes are actually made out of. Little Edward Jr. is aware that both the cubes are made from metals, but one cube is leaning towards a gold cube than the other. To determine what metal each cube is actually made up of, Edward Jr. does the flame test experiment. The flame test is an experiment that uses the Bunsen Burner to determine the presence of specific metal elements based on the color it displays when it comes in contact with the heat from the buener. Little Edward Jr. thought if he used the flame test he’ll be able to identify the cube that is actual gold and the metal the faux gold is made from. Gold has a special property when it comes to the flame test, unlike other metal elements gold cannot be burned using the bunsen burner therefore gold won’t display any color. Little Edward Jr. commences the experiment by gathering his materials(bunsen burner, clean wire loop, and powder sample of the two cubes); after he gather his materials he dipped the wire loop into the powder sample of the pure gold cube, he examined the flame closely but the flame didn’t change color. Because the powder version of the pure gold cube didn’t reveal any color it is real gold; its inability to display color shows its gold chemical property of not being able to burn. He repeats these steps but with the powder sample of the “fool gold” from Goldenville, once the powder comes in contact with the flame the flame changes into a blue-green color. The gold from Goldenville displays a color, this means their gold is made from a metal but not gold. With the results collected from the flame test, little Edward Jr. decided to use information from the periodic table to determine the true metal substance the town of Goldenville is filled with. Although the periodic table is made up of mostly metals, each metal has its own property that makes
