CVA Chemistry

Module Two

02.05 Electron Arrangement and EMR: Line Spectra Lab

CHEMISTRY : 02 THE ATOM : 02.05 ELECTRON ARRANGEMENT

AND EMR

Follow the directions in the above listed section and access the virtual lab
to complete each section below.

PART 1 - The flame test is used to visually determine the identity of an unknown
metal or metalloid ion based on the characteristic color of the flame. The heat of
the flame converts the metal ions into atoms which become excited and emit
visible light. The characteristic emission spectra can be used to differentiate
between some elements.

PART II – What is the purpose of analyzing the line spectra of different

elements?

Access the Virtual Lab and complete the experiments.

Part One (Flame Test):

1. Complete the data table for Part One of the lab. It should
include the name of the element (or unknown) examined and
 the color of the observed flame.

PART 1 – FLAME TEST

SOLUTION NAME COLOR
DESCRIPTION
KNOWN 1 Barium Light Green
KNOWN 2 Calcium Red
KNOWN 3 Sodium Yellow
KNOWN 4 Rubidium Purple
KNOWN 5 Potassium Blue
KNOWN 6 Lithium Pink
UNKNOWN 1 Unknown 1 Pink
(Lithium)
UNKNOWN 2 Unknown 2 Blue
(Potassium)

2. Identify each unknown from Part One of the lab and briefly
explain why you identified each unknown as you did.

I knew that unknown 1 was Lithium because the flames both

shared the same pink color. I knew that unknown 2 was
Potassium because their flames were both blue.

Part Two (Spectroscopy):

 1. Create and complete a data table for Part Two of the lab. It
should include the name of the element, the colors, and the
wavelength values of the observed lines.

PART II - SPECTROSCOPY
HYDROGE HELIU SODIU NEON MERCUR STAR
N M M Y
1 411nm- 448nm- 576nm- 420nm- 430nm- 410nm
purple blue light purple dark blue -
yellow purple
2 440nm- 509nm- 583nm- 512nm- 445nm- 413nm
blue green yellow light blue - dark
green purple
3 510nm- 585nm- 590nm- 521nm- 537nm- 436nm
green Dark yellow green green - blue
yellow orange
4 536nm- 689nm- 527nm- 548nm- 497nm
green Light green green - blue
red green
5 548nm- 732nm- 572nm- 570nm- 548nm
green dark yellow green - green
yellow red yellow
6 571nm- 579nm- 672nm- 581nm
light yellow light red - green
yellow yellow
 7 653nm- 696nm- 689nm- 697nm
light red light red light red - light
red
8 679nm- 706nm- 705nm- 705nm
light red red red - red
9 698nm- 716nm-
red red
1 745nm-
0 burgund
y

2. Describe the line spectrum of the star. Give the color and
wavelength value of the five brightest lines in the spectrum. The
star has the most colors on the line spectrum and is varied
amongst all colors. The five brightest are,

410nm- purple, 413nm- dark purple, 436nm- blue, 497nm- blue green,
548nm- green

Conclusion:
1. Explain, in your own words, why different elements produce
different colors of light when heated.
Elements produce different colors when heated because they
all have different amounts of electrons and electrons cause
different colors to show due to their quantity and distance from
one another.

2. Why do you think elements must be heated before they emit

colored light? I think elements must be heated before showing
light so that the electrons become excited and move faster and
move to the outer electron ring so they can have the most
energy possible for light to be visible.

3. What element do you think is the most abundant in the star that
you observed in Part Two? Explain your answer. I think that two
elements are possible in being the most abundant and it’s
between Hydrogen and Neon. Both Hydrogen and Neon share
many of the same colors on the spectrum as the star or are
really close. The one I think matches the most, however, is
 hydrogen because it has more varied result on the spectrum
like the star when you compare the two.

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