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Flame test
Date: 11/02/15
Name: Robert Deacon
Partner: Muzamil Y., Daniel K.
Background info:
I know that if you expose different chemicals to an open flame the chemicals will change colours. We will try to determine the colour of the flame that is produced when we expose the flame of the Bunsen burner to the different Carbonates (calcium, barium, potassium, copper, sodium, strontium).
Aim:
To determine the colour of different carbonates when exposed to a flame
Materials:
Bunsen burner
Tripod
Heat proof mat
Evaporating dish (ceramic bowl)
Carbonates (calcium, barium, potassium, copper, sodium, strontium)
Hydrochloric acid
Matches
Note taking materials (pen, paper)
Waste bucket
Method:
1) First set up the Bunsen burner and put the tripod …show more content…

We did achieve our aim to determine the colour of different carbonates when exposed to a flame. This was evident as all the elements we tested provided a wide range of colours. We could have achieves more accurate rFlame test
Date: 11/02/15
Name: Robert Deacon
Partner: Muzamil Y., Daniel K.
Background info:
I know that if you expose different chemicals to an open flame the chemicals will change colours. We will try to determine the colour of the flame that is produced when we expose the flame of the Bunsen burner to the different Carbonates (calcium, barium, potassium, copper, sodium, strontium).
Aim:
To determine the colour of different carbonates when exposed to a flame
Materials:
Bunsen burner
Tripod
Heat proof mat
Evaporating dish (ceramic bowl)
Carbonates (calcium, barium, potassium, copper, sodium, strontium)
Hydrochloric acid
Matches
Note taking materials (pen, paper)
Waste bucket
Method:
1) First set up the Bunsen burner and put the tripod on a heat proof

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