Homework Help: chemistry ------ flame test-------------

Posted by Maria on Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 12:12am.

Did the nitrate ion effect the color emission of the solution ? how did you decide ?
my answer: No , because The nitrate ion is the oxidizing agent in the compound without it you could not burn the chemicals and you could not produce a spectrum so there would be no emission of color
is that right ??

chemistry ------ flame test------------- - DrBob222, Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 12:46am
From the question and your answer I assume you are testing some metal and using chlorides, nitrates and/or other anions but the same metal. You are correct that there is no difference in the color of the spectrum due to the metal but the rest of your argument makes no sense. LiCl produces the same color as LiNO3.
chemistry ------ flame test------------- - Maria, Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 11:22pm
thanks for your help

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