Flame Tests
7 past-paper questions on Flame Tests · examined 2024–2025.
20255 questions
Put 3 cm depth of dilute hydrochloric acid in a test-tube. Dip a wooden splint or flame test wire into this test-tube. Place the damp end of the wooden splint or flame test wire into R. Place the damp end of the wooden splint or flame test wire into the flame of a Bunsen burner with the air-hole open. Record the first flame colour seen.
State why the air-hole on the Bunsen burner needs to be open.
Record the first flame colour seen.
State why a yellow flame is not used.
Describe how the student does the flame test on W.
20242 questions
Place the end of the wooden splint which has been in R into the flame of a Bunsen burner with the air hole open. Record the first flame colour seen and your conclusions.
Explain why it is difficult to make a definite conclusion from the flame colour in (d)(i).
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