Flame Test Lab

Flame Test Lab Report

Introduction: In this lab, we vaporized different salts (metals that have been ionically bonded) to see how different elements, or compounds, have different emission spectrums. The emission spectrum of an element helps scientists determine the identity of an unkown metallic ion based on each elements characteristic color emitted. Procedures: 1. 1. Put on all safety gear. (goggles, apron, and gloves) 2. Attain a glass dropper, matches, a watch glass, a thin glass stir rod, and a 100mL beaker containing Methanol. 3. Add 5 full glass droppers of the methanol. 4. Light the edge of the watch glass, while being careful to not set your glove on fire. 5. Observe and record the color of the methanol flame in your lab notebook. 6. Clean watch glass once cooled. 7. Attain a test solid from instructor in your watch glass. 8. Add 5 full glass droppers of methanol. 9. Stir solid with glass rod to dissolve the compound, such as lithium chloride, into the methane. 10. Light the edge of the watch glass with a match. 11. Observe and record the color of light emitted in your lab notebook. 12. Clean watch glass once cooled. 13. Repeat steps 7-12 until all known or unknown test solids have been tested, observed and their results recorded. 14.

Defintions:

Watch Glass a circular, concave, piece of glass used in chemistry to hold a liquid for evaporation or as a cover for beaker Methanol a colorless, toxic, volatile flammable liquid alcohol Emission Spectrum the relative intensity of each frequency of electromagnetic radiation emitted by an elements atoms when they are moving from an excited state to a ground state Excited State when an electron of an element is in a higher-energy shell. Ground State when all of the electrons of an element are at the lowest possible energy level

Calculations/Data: Compound Name Lithium Chloride Copper (II) Nitrate Calcium Chloride Sodium Chloride Calcium Carbonate Potassium Chloride Eyewash Formula LiCl Cu(NO3)2 CaCl2 NaCl CaCO3 KCl H3BO3 Flame Color Red Green Orange/Red Orange Blue/Orange Faint Purple Blue w/Orange streaks

Methanol, also known as methyl alcohol, wood alcohol, wood naphtha or wood spirits, is a chemical with the formula CH3OH (often abbreviated MeOH). Methanol acquired the name "wood alcohol" because it was once produced chiefly as a byproduct of the destructive distillation of wood. Modern methanol is produced in a catalytic industrial process directly from carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen. Methanol is the simplest alcohol, and is a light, volatile, colorless, flammable liquid with a distinctive odor very similar to, but slightly sweeter than, that of ethanol (drinking alcohol). At room temperature, it is a polar liquid, and is used as an antifreeze, solvent,fuel, and as a denaturant for ethanol. It is also used for producing biodiesel via transesterification reaction.