flame test in spray bottles??
- Xenon
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Re: flame test in spray bottles??
I don't like spray bottles because reasons stated by others, plus kids manage to extinguish the Bunsen flame. The IEC flame spectrometer is good for demos.
Xe, SD, KOPR
Re: flame test in spray bottles??
We do the flame test by soaking paddle pop sticks or splints in the solutions overnight, then holding the stick in the flame. Works a treat & there isn't a huge mess to clean up.
Re: flame test in spray bottles??
Hi Xenon
I was thinking to buy one, how easy is to use IEC spectrometer?
I was thinking to buy one, how easy is to use IEC spectrometer?
Cheers Jazz
Re: flame test in spray bottles??
Has anyone tried lead pencils? Apparently this works a treat. You shave the wood off so the flame will not burn it. Then you use the lead in the same way as nichrome wire. Better than fiddling around with spray bottles and nichrome wire. Of course this does not beat platinum wire but hey, who can afford that.
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Re: flame test in spray bottles??
For those who do the paddle pop sticks/toothpicks in a specimen jar to soak, what sizes do you use? The 120ml specimen jar is not quite big enough to seal it with the paddle pop sticks inside, but too big for the mini paddle pop sticks. The smaller jars also don't seal with the mini paddle pop sticks. I have the same problem with all the toothpicks I've tried as well. I'd rather not waste time breaking/cutting sticks!
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Re: flame test in spray bottles??
Why do you need to seal the jar? I just soak them in a beaker.
- Anna Z
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Re: flame test in spray bottles??
We don't even really soak.... students dip, swirl around a bit then burn away.