Lighting up Chemistry November 16, 2006
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After blogging about lighting up learning with GLOW yesterday , it was the turn of the pupils attending an after school club run by the Chemistry Department here at Musselburgh Grammar to light up the lab with flame tests.
Flame tests are used to detect the presence of certain metal ions within a compound. The compound itself may be colourless but when a small amount of it is placed on the end of a clean wire and placed in a bunsen flame then the metal ion contained produces a characteristic coloured flame. For examples compounds containing Boron produce a bright green flame, whilst Strontium gives a crimson flame.
The pupils who attend get a great deal from their scientific endeavours and its all thanks to Ms Moonie and Mrs Malley doing their bit to show chemistry can be fun, relevant and exciting.
More photos of the flame tests and previous experiments growing crystals and investigating custard powder can be seen here.
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