Flame Color Lab Report

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Purpose- The purpose of this lab was to help explain how the eye sees different wavelengths as colors. This is congruent to what we’re being taught because it helps further the understanding of wavelengths (including frequency, spectrum, emission etc.) also it shows the effect other chemicals have in a chemical reactions. Procedure- -Fill a 250-mL beaker halfway with distilled water. -Get six wooden splints that have been soaked in water. -Place them in the beaker half filled with water to continue soaking at your lab station. -Fill a second 250-mL beaker about half-full with tap water. Label this beaker “rinse water.” -Light the Bunsen burner. -Take one of the wooden splints and dip the soaked end in one of the metallic salts,…show more content…
Allow the splint to burn until the color fades. Don’t let any solids to fall into the burner. -Soak the wooden splint in the “rinse water” to put it out completely; move it to trash. -Record observations on flame color produced by the metallic salt in the Data Table. -Repeat above steps (middle section) for all metallic salts (five total). -Record your observations for the flame color produced by each metallic salt in the Data Table. Qualitative Data- Compound Element Wavelength (nm) Wavelength (m) ΔE (J) KCL 650 6.5 x 10^11 3.07 E-28 Copper Chloride 490 4.9 x 10^11 4.08 E-28 SrCl2 650 6.5 x 10^11 3.07 E-28 CaCl2 600 6.0 x 10^11 3.33 E-28 Lithium 400 4.0 x 10^11 5.00 E-28 Sodium Chloride 600 6.0 x 10^11 3.33 E-28 Wavelength: KCL = 650 Copper Chloride = 490 SrCl2 = 650 Cacl2 =…show more content…
In this experiment the class took solid flakes of six different metals and tested the effect they had on the color of the flame they were placed in. This is done by taking six wooden splints which had previsly been soaked in water so they’d be able to pick up the chemical. Next, the laboratory burner was turned on and a flame was lit. Then, one of the splints was used to pick up a chemical and held in the fire to have it’s color recorded. This was six times total times, to test each chemical’s color. This can explain why certain chemical reactions take place along with the strong effect even a tiny amount of a certain chemical can have when added to an ongoing reaction. Uncertainties that could potentially have occurred include the fact that there is no guarantee the same amount of chemical was used for each splint which could potentially affect how vivid the color of the flame was. This experiment showed that certain colors appear because of their specific wavelength and the very small amount of energy which is a part of the visible spectrum. This can be applied to chemistry and many other topics because it explains why the human eye sees color the way it

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