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In the Classroom
JCE DigiDemos: Tested Demonstrations
Flames Tests with Flair
Nicholas C. Thomas
Department of Chemistry, Auburn University Montgomery, Montgomery, AL 36124-4023

checked by Kenneth S. Lyle
Department of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0354

Sheldon Knoespel
Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1322

Cover
April 2008
Vol. 85 No. 4
p. 521

Abstract
When conducted in an suitable fume hood, spraying hydrogen-filled balloons with aqueous solutions of metal salts provides a simple and safe method for demonstrating flame tests in any classroom.
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Citation
Thomas, Nicholas C. J. Chem. Educ. 2008, 85, 521.
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Keywords
Atomic Properties / Structure; Atomic Spectroscopy; Demonstrations; First-Year Undergraduate / General; Gases; General Public; Hands-On Learning / Manipulatives; High School / Introductory Chemistry; Metals
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History
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2/26/2008
2/29/2008
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