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  2. Flame test - Wikipedia

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    [7] [8] [6] Sodium is a common component or contaminant in many samples, [2] and its spectrum tends to dominate many flame tests others. [5] The test flame is often viewed through cobalt blue glass to filter out the yellow of sodium and allow for easier viewing of other metal ions. [citation needed]

  3. Colored fire - Wikipedia

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    Generally, the color of a flame may be red, orange, blue, yellow, or white, and is dominated by blackbody radiation from soot and steam. When additional chemicals are added to the fuel burning, their atomic emission spectra can affect the frequencies of visible light radiation emitted - in other words, the flame appears in a different color ...

  4. Wood ash - Wikipedia

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    Wood ash is the powdery residue remaining after the combustion of wood, such as burning wood in a fireplace, bonfire, or an industrial power plant. It is largely composed of calcium compounds, along with other non-combustible trace elements present in the wood, and has been used for many purposes throughout history.

  5. Pyrotechnic colorant - Wikipedia

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    The * indicates that the compound will burn orange where x=0,2,3,5. Gold/Yellow Charcoal powder Yellow Sodium bicarbonate: NaHCO 3: Compatible with potassium chlorate. Less burning rate decrease than sodium carbonate. Incompatible with magnesium and aluminium, reacts evolving hydrogen gas. Yellow Sodium carbonate: Na 2 CO 3: Hygroscopic.

  6. Flame - Wikipedia

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    A flame test for sodium. The yellow color in this gas flame does not arise from the black-body emission of soot particles (as the flame is clearly a blue premixed complete combustion flame) but instead comes from the spectral line emission of sodium atoms, specifically the very intense sodium D lines.

  7. Here's What to Do If Your Fireplace Pilot Light Goes ... - AOL

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    Ideally, the pilot light will burn with a steady, blue flame, indicating that it's safe to start the fire, but if you notice the flame is burning yellow, flickering, or has been extinguished ...

  8. Combustibility and flammability - Wikipedia

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    The burning of a solid material may appear to lose weight if the mass of combustion gases (such as carbon dioxide and water vapor) are not taken into account. The original mass of flammable material and the mass of the oxygen consumed (typically from the surrounding air) equals the mass of the flame products (ash, water, carbon dioxide, and ...

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