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Flame Wars Case Study

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1. For the unknown light source, it had almost every color, so it might have been be mercury because they have similar color beams and their color from the naked eye appeared as purple, which mercury, a light blue, is very close to in terms of it's color from the naked eye. For the unknown flame crystals, it may NH4+ because the colors that appeared are very similar to the crystals. 2. Chemicals have to be heated in the flame for the color to emit because heat adds energy to the substance making the electrons more excited, allowing for the electrons to transition faster. 3. The method of lighting the substance on fire is far better than using the spectroscope. Not only does the fire burn it's colors more obviously, but also, light pollution

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