Flame test

The Flame test is a method to analyze chemical elements. Elements like Alkali metals are held over a flame, which creates a color. Through this color the element can be assigned.

Colours

• Lithium: Carmine red
• Sodium: yellow
• Potassium: violet
• Rubidium: dark red
• Caesium: blue
• Calcium: brick-red
• Strontium: vermillion
• Barium: green