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    The document summarizes a flame test lab where metal cations were tested to analyze their electron configurations and the color of light produced. Materials used included a Bunsen burner, beaker, wooden splints, cobalt glass, and metal cation samples in nitrate compounds. Copper produced a definite bright green flame and was the easiest to identify. The colors of the visible light spectrum from lowest to highest energy are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet. The metals tested produced light in increasing order of energy from calcium, lithium, potassium, strontium, sodium, and barium, with copper having the highest energy. The conclusion discusses how the color of light produced relates to the electron configuration and energy levels

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    The document summarizes a flame test lab where metal cations were tested to analyze their electron configurations and the color of light produced. Materials used included a Bunsen burner, beaker, wooden splints, cobalt glass, and metal cation samples in nitrate compounds. Copper produced a definite bright green flame and was the easiest to identify. The colors of the visible light spectrum from lowest to highest energy are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet. The metals tested produced light in increasing order of energy from calcium, lithium, potassium, strontium, sodium, and barium, with copper having the highest energy. The conclusion discusses how the color of light produced relates to the electron configuration and energy levels

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    The document summarizes a flame test lab where metal cations were tested to analyze their electron configurations and the color of light produced. Materials used included a Bunsen burner, beaker, wooden splints, cobalt glass, and metal cation samples in nitrate compounds. Copper produced a definite bright green flame and was the easiest to identify. The colors of the visible light spectrum from lowest to highest energy are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet. The metals tested produced light in increasing order of energy from calcium, lithium, potassium, strontium, sodium, and barium, with copper having the highest energy. The conclusion discusses how the color of light produced relates to the electron configuration and energy levels

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    Eamon Barkhordarian
    The document summarizes a flame test lab where metal cations were tested to analyze their electron configurations and the color of light produced. Materials used included a Bunsen burner, beaker, wooden splints, cobalt glass, and metal cation samples in nitrate compounds. Copper produced a definite bright green flame and was the easiest to identify. The colors of the visible light spectrum from lowest to highest energy are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet. The metals tested produced light in increasing order of energy from calcium, lithium, potassium, strontium, sodium, and barium, with copper having the highest energy. The conclusion discusses how the color of light produced relates to the electron configuration and energy levels

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    Eamon Barkhordarian

    6/26/09

    Flame Test Lab

    Purpose: To perform flame tests on metal cations and use the results to analyze electron
    configurations and light produced

    Materials:
    – Bunsen burner
    – Small beaker
    – Wooden splints
    – Cobalt glass
    – Cations and unknown samples (in nitrate compounds)
    Safety:
    –
    –
    Data:

    Metal Cations in Nitrate Salts Flame Color


    Regular wooden splint Orange/yellow
    Barium Yellow
    Calcium Red
    Copper Green
    Lithium Red/pink
    Potassium Pink
    Sodium Orange
    Strontium Red/orange
    Unknown (barium) Green/yellow

    Analysis:
    1. In my opinion, copper was the most easily identified with the flame test because when we
    lit it under the Bunsen burner, it burned a definite and bright green. There was no other
    color in the flame, only green.
    2. The colors of the visible light spectrum in order from lowest to highest energy: red,
    orange, yellow, green, blue, violet.
    Eamon Barkhordarian
    6/26/09

    3. The metals we tested in increasing order of energy of the light emitted within each
    family: calcium, lithium, potassium, strontium, sodium, regular wooden splint, barium,
    copper.
    Eamon Barkhordarian
    6/26/09

    4.
    Eamon Barkhordarian
    6/26/09

    Conclusion:
    1. Lithium color was red/pink, the potassium and calcium was red, and barium was yellow.
    Potassium and calcium have the lowest energy on the visible light spectrum. This means
    the electrons are closer to the nucleus which possess lower energy. Lithium was a
    brighter shade of red (pink) meaning it was higher on the visible light spectrum. This
    means the electrons are farther from the nucleus with higher energy. The highest on the
    visible light spectrum was barium, with a yellow color. These electrons were farthest
    from the nuclear with the highest amount of energy.
    2.
    a. Crimson red is a darker shade of red, so I’d choose to include the element
    calcium.
    b. For yellow, I’d pick the element Barium.

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