Sodium Chloride - Orange
Copper Sulfate - Green
Potassium Chloride - Purple
Strontium Carbonate - Orange
Boric Acid - Green
Magnesium Metal - White
Lithium Chloride - Red
Copper Sulfate - Green
Potassium Chloride - Purple
Strontium Carbonate - Orange
Boric Acid - Green
Magnesium Metal - White
Lithium Chloride - Red
For this lab we learned how to separate and notice different elements by colors. Atom elements are energized the absorbed energy making the electrons to travel to outer energy levels. When energy is removed the electrons become a stable lower energy level turning into a relaxed state. This creates absorbed energy to be a result. The information may be used when trying to understand what gives when elements are energized and the outcome of it. The lab overall went really good we didn't have any trouble with any thing but there was one that did not make the color that it was suppose to so we just redid that one later on.
I thought that the whole process of setting the lab up was very interesting. We put up a Bunsen Burner apparatus, which produces a flame that shoots up. It is held up by a short stand with a tight clamp. When everything was set up, the actual lab could begin. The short flame on the Bunsen Burner was started with a spark. Sodium Chloride was the first substance we put on top of the burner. It was held with a spoon-like metal utensil so that we could hover it over the flame. The Sodium Chloride produced an Orange Flame. We did this same process for each other substance, and we recorded the color of the flame it produced.
I thought that the whole process of setting the lab up was very interesting. We put up a Bunsen Burner apparatus, which produces a flame that shoots up. It is held up by a short stand with a tight clamp. When everything was set up, the actual lab could begin. The short flame on the Bunsen Burner was started with a spark. Sodium Chloride was the first substance we put on top of the burner. It was held with a spoon-like metal utensil so that we could hover it over the flame. The Sodium Chloride produced an Orange Flame. We did this same process for each other substance, and we recorded the color of the flame it produced.