Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 16, 2010 at 12:49am.
It depends upon what atomic or ionic lines the photometer is looking at, and what is added to the flame. Generally speaking, a hotter flame will be brighter, but not at all wavelengths. Ion lines will tend to be favored over neutral atomic lines at higher temperature.
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