The table shows the flame test colours for five common metal ions. The same colours are obtained whether the test compound is in the solid state or dissolved in water.

dip a clean wire loop into a solid sample of the compound being tested put the loop into the edge of the blue flame from a Bunsen burner observe and record the flame ...

ATOMIC absorption methods for the determination of many cations have attracted much attention 1,2 lately. The techniques so far described usually involve the use of a flame for the production of a ...