Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Your Questions About How Do I Substance

John asks…What causes a substance to emit a colored light when it is vaporized in the burner flame?Why do different substances give off different colors? Please be specific. This is based on a flame test for: sodium chloride, sodium nitrate, lithium nitrate, potassium nitrate, calcium nitrate, strontium nitrate, barium nitrate, and sodium chloride (solid). I think that somehow it has to do with Bohr's Theory, but I'm not sure how to explain it.poptropicahelp answers:Each of the metallic ions i

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