borax bead test

English

Noun

borax bead test (plural borax bead tests)

1. (inorganic chemistry) in qualitative inorganic analysis, a test for the presence of certain metallic elements by observing the colours given to a bead of borax in a loop of platinum wire held in the oxidizing and reducing parts of a Bunsen burner flame

Translations

a test for the presence of certain metallic elements

• German: Boraxperle f
• Irish: promhadh cnapbhóráis m

See also

• flame test
• charcoal block test