Question

How many different flame colors were you able to detect? How many different elements must have been exposed to the flame to produce this number of colors?

Answer 1

Answer:

This question is incomplete

Explanation:

This question is incomplete, however, there are some basic things that be used to answer the completed question on your own. Flame test is a test that is used to identify metal ions in a compound. Although, not all metal ions produce a colour in a flame test.

In a flame test, a "clean wire loop" is dipped in an unknown solid/mixture of solids, the loop where the solids must have attached to is then placed in the tip of a blue flame (perhaps of a bunsen burner). A colour change/changes is then observed during the course of this process. Some popular metal ions and there colour in flame test are listed below

Lithium ion ⇒ red

Sodium ion ⇒ yellow

Potassium ion ⇒ lilac

Calcium ion ⇒ orange-red

Barium ion ⇒ pale-green

Copper ion ⇒ blue-green

rubidium ion ⇒ red-violet

Lead ion ⇒ gray white

The number of different colours observed will ultimately determine the number of elements exposed to the flame