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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2004  > July  >
Chemistry for Everyone
JCE DigiDemos: Tested Demonstrations
Simple Flame Test Techniques Using Cotton Swabs
Michael J. Sanger and Amy J. Phelps
Department of Chemistry, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN 37132

checked by Catherine Banks
Department of Chemistry, Peace College, Raleigh, NC 27604

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July 2004
Vol. 81 No. 7
p. 969
Abstract
This article describes three new methods for performing simple flame tests using cotton swabs. The first method uses a Bunsen burner and solid metal salts; the second method uses a Bunsen burner and 1 M aqueous solutions of metal salts; and the third method uses candles, rubbing alcohol, and solid metal salts. These methods have the advantage of being easy to perform, require inexpensive and easily-obtained materials, and have easy cleanup and disposal methods.

See the Discussion on this Tested Demonstation.
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*  Citation
 Sanger, Michael J.; Phelps, Amy J. J. Chem. Educ. 2004 81 969.
*  Keywords
 Atomic Properties / Structure; Demonstrations; General Chemistry; Introductory / High School Chemistry; Laboratory Instruction; Qualitative Analysis
*  History
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Last Updated:		 May 27, 2004
January 21, 2005
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