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Posted by Maria on Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 12:32am.

when you were heating milk on the stoven you accidentally spilled some milk on the burner . what color would you see ? why would you see that color?
My answer :
Intense yellow . because milk has sodium , sodium is intense yellow .
is this right ?

chemistry ------------ chemistry ------- - DrBob222, Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 12:43am
I don't think the burner is hot enough to vaporize to produce the yellow color and even if it did I would expect to see other colors than that due to sodium. I think the milk, which contains lactose, a carbohydrate, would carbonize and turn black.

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