Flame Test Lab Report

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Purpose The hypothesis is that the color of light emitted by a metal is unique. Each metallic salt will show a different heat exposure, and will be a different color. Going into this lab the objective is to prove that the color of light shown by many metallic salts and two unknown substances is exclusive and unique. Consequently, this will help with the identification of the two unknown materials. The lab can explain the composition of objects that people may see or use everyday, including fireworks. The metallic salts will be shown and inevitably each present a new flame. Materials

Cotton swabs
2 250 mL beakers
Tap water
CaCl2
CuCl2
LiCl
KCl
NaCl
SrCl2
BaCl2
Bunsen Burner
Striker
Unknown samples
Aluminum Foil

Procedure (Methods)
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The purpose of this lab was to identify the two unknown substances and prove that each color of light emitted by a metallic salt is unique. The lab proved that each metallic salt color when put into a flame is distinctive. Consequently, the lab also proved that every day materials can also be used within labs. Unknown substance number one was found to be barium chloride and unknown substance number two was found to be potassium chloride. Moreover, each metallic salt gives off a special distinctive color.
Questions (Double Spaced)

The energy of colored light (ROYGBIV) increases in the order of the “rainbow.” List the metallic elements used in this lab in increasing order of the energy of light they emitted. The order of the substances that was found during the lab is lithium chloride, strontium chloride, potassium chloride, potassium chloride (unknown number two), sodium chloride, calcium chloride, barium chloride, barium chloride (unknown number one) and, copper chloride.
When a glass rod is heated in a Bunsen burner flame it turns the flame around it a shade of yellow/orange. What does that tell you about the composition of the glass? The shade of the glass indicates that there is sodium located in the