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Color of Smoke Material

The document describes the colors of smoke, flames, and materials that produce different colored smoke and flames. White smoke indicates light fuels are burning, while black smoke means man-made materials like tires or vehicles are burning. Flame color also indicates temperature, with red flames being coolest around 1000-1800°F and blue flames being hottest over 3000°C/5500°F. Different salts and chemicals produce distinct flame colors, such as sodium chloride making orange flames and copper sulfate producing green flames.

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Color of Smoke Material

The document describes the colors of smoke, flames, and materials that produce different colored smoke and flames. White smoke indicates light fuels are burning, while black smoke means man-made materials like tires or vehicles are burning. Flame color also indicates temperature, with red flames being coolest around 1000-1800°F and blue flames being hottest over 3000°C/5500°F. Different salts and chemicals produce distinct flame colors, such as sodium chloride making orange flames and copper sulfate producing green flames.

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Color of Smoke Material

White smoke indicate light and flashy fuels such as grass or twigs/
phosphorus

manmade material is burning such as tires, vehicles or


black smoke a structure, gasoline
Grey smoke can indicate that the fire is slowing down and running
out of materials to burn

Brown Cooking oil

Grey-black Paper, Wood, Fabric

Violet Iodine

Brown Cooking oil

Brownish Black Naptha, Lacquer Thinner

Black to Brown Turpintine

Yellow to brownish-yellow Nitro-cellulose, Sulphur

Material Flame Color Flame Temperature

Cooking oil, barium Chloride Yellow 1,000 °C

phosphorous White 1300-1500 Celsius

Paper, wood, fabric Reddish-yellow

Copper Chloride, butane Blue Flame 2500°C to 3000°C

Copper Sulfate Torquise flame

Strontium Chloride Red flame 600-800 degrees Celsius

Borax Light Green flame

Sodium chloride Orange flame 1100°C to 1200°C


Potassium Chloride Purple flame

Table salt, or sodium chloride, Light orange

combination of potassium sulfate violet flames


and potassium nitrate

Color of Flame and temperature

Red

Red flames are generally the coldest, and the deepest reds produce temperatures between 1000 and
1800 degrees Fahrenheit. Flames that are barely visible are on the cooler end of the spectrum whereas
ones with a deep-cherry color tend to be the hottest.

Orange

Orange flames are the most common, and they fall into the mid-range of the temperature spectrum.
Deep orange flames indicate that a fire is around 2000 degrees Fahrenheit while clear orange indicates
that temperatures are around 2200 degrees.

White

The dullest white flames that we see burn at around 2400 degrees, and bright whites develop once
temperatures reach 2600 degrees Fahrenheit. Dazzling, sparkling white flames can reach temperatures
between 2700 and 3000 degrees.

Blue
Blue flames, such as those produced by natural gas or propane, can reach temperatures in excess of
3000 degrees Celsius, or 5500 degrees Fahrenheit, and they also consume the highest amount of oxygen.
However,

a blue flame that is narrow and has a pinpoint head, such as what occurs with an oxyacetylene torch,
can reach temperatures in excess of 6000 degrees, which is more than hot enough to cut through metal
like butter.

Red flames can be produced by strontium chloride or nitrate.

Orange flames can be produced by calcium chloride, and yellow flames can come from barium chloride.

Table salt, or sodium chloride, produces a light orange color, and

green flames can be produced by copper sulfate and boric acid. Blue flames are produced by butane as
well as copper chloride.

violet flames with a combination of potassium sulfate and potassium nitrate where a peach colored
flame is produced by potassium chloride

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