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    Methanol was put on a glass plate and lit by a match and, the colour was observed. Soon after multiple salts were added to dilute in methanol, which were carefully lit it on fire. After the methanol and the salt was burned, the glass plate was washed under water. A variety of compounds were used in this experiment, see table below.

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    Methanol was put on a glass plate and lit by a match and, the colour was observed. Soon after multiple salts were added to dilute in methanol, which were carefully lit it on fire. After the methanol and the salt was burned, the glass plate was washed under water. A variety of compounds were used in this experiment, see table below.

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    ExaminationofFlameColourForaVarietyofSalts

    Simpson,JoshSantaRomana,AdrianneRuppel,Matt
    10thGradeChemistryClass,HighTechHighNorthCounty,SanMarcos,CA

    1.Experimental:
    Whenyouheatupsomecompoundstheyemitcolourslight.Thisisbecausetheelectronsareabsorbing
    energyandgoinguptoahigherelectronshell,whenupinahigherelectronshellitwillwanttogobacktoits
    groundstate.Howdoesitdothat?Itshedsenergyinaformoflight,photonsandemitsthematdifferentfrequency,
    givingcolourtothephoton.Duringtheactualexperimenttherewasmanydifferentcompoundsandmethanol,the
    control.
    Methanolwasputonaglassplateandlitbyamatchand,thecolourwasobserved.Thisistoseewhat
    controlmethanolburnslike.Soonaftermultiplesaltswereaddedtodiluteinmethanol,whichwerecarefullylititon
    fire.Themethanolwouldburnandadifferentcolourflamewouldappear.Afterthemethanolandthesaltwas
    burned,theglassplatewaswashedunderwater.Avarietyofcompoundswereusedinthisexperiment,seetable
    below.

    2.Results:

    CompoundName

    Formula

    FlameColour

    Observation

    ControlMethanol

    CH
    3OH

    BlueViolet

    Flamegoesoutinafewseconds

    LithiumChloride

    LiCl

    Magenta

    Startsoutabluevioletflame
    thenturnsintoamagentacolour

    CalciumChloride

    CaCl2

    YellowOrange&
    BlueViolet

    Anequalamountofthetwo
    colourswereemittedintheflame

    CalciumCarbonate

    CaCO3

    BlueVioletw/
    yelloworange

    Whentheflamedieddownitleft
    awhitepowderontheglasstray.

    PotassiumChloride

    KCl

    BlueVioletw/
    yelloworange

    Mostlyabluevioletflamewith
    someyelloworangecolour

    Borax

    Na2B4O7 10H 2O

    Green

    Leavingwhitepowderasthe
    flamedieddown

    Copper(11)Sulfate

    CuSO
    4

    Greenw/
    blueviolet

    Leavingbluepowderasthe
    flamedieddown

    Unknown

    Green&
    YellowOrange

    Leavingwhitepowderasthe
    flamedieddown

    Table1:DataCollectedontheflameofcompounds

    Observingthedifferentflamecolours,eachchemicalcompoundwhendissolvedinmethanol,the
    bluevioletflamewouldappearineachtest.Reasonbeing,methanolproducesabluevioletflame,andineachtesta
    certainamountofthesubstancewasadded.Whenthechemicalcompoundwaslit,itwasonlyamatteroftimetill
    theflamewentout.Aftertestingthe6chemicalcompoundsanunknownchemicalthatwastested,whichwas
    neededtofindoutwhatitwas,byusingtheprevioustests.

    Theresultsofthetestareseenaboveintable1.Multipleflamecolourswereemittedfordifferentchemical
    compounds.Methanol,assaid,emitsabluevioletcolour,meanwhilewhenLithiumChlorideisaddedtothe
    substance,theflamebecomesamagentacolourtillitburnsout.AsforCalciumChloride,CalciumCarbonate,and
    PotassiumChloridethechemicalcompoundsemittedabluevioletflamewithsparksoforange.Abrightgreen
    flamewasemittedwhenBoraxwasdissolvedinthemethanol.Similartothereaction,Copper(11)Sulfatealso
    emittedagreenflamealongwithabluevioletcolour.Lastly,theunknownsubstancewasacombinationofthe
    coloursgreen,blueviolet,andyelloworange.

    3.Conclusion:
    Fromthisexperiment,differentchemicalcompoundsproducedifferentcoloursoflight.Thisisbecause,
    whenanelectronabsorbsphotons,itshedsthemoutagain.Whenthedifferentsaltsburned,photonsareemitted,
    whichcausesthefrequencyiseitherhigherorlower,determiningthecolor.
    TheunknownchemicalcompoundwaspredictedtobeBorax( Na2B4O7 10H 2O ),andtheyelloworange
    flamefromCalciumChloride(
    CaCl
    2).Theflameproducedagreenandyelloworangecolour,&fromthis

    observationitwaspredictedthattherehadtobeeitherCopperSulfate(
    CuSO
    orBorax( Na2B4O7 10H 2O )
    4)

    becauseofthegreenflame.Howevercopperleftabluecolourstainontheglasstray,andtheunknownsubstance
    hadleftawhitestain.
    Furtherdirections,willconsistofmoreteststhatwouldbeabletoprovethepredictionoftheunknown
    chemicalcompound.TakingdifferentCalciumandChloridecompoundsandseeingtheflamecolouritemitswhen
    litwithamatch.TheexperimentwouldalsoincludetestingoutthemixtureofBoraxandCalciumChloridetoseeif
    itproducesthesamecoloursintheflameastheunknownchemicalcompound.

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