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A hello from Finland! I am currently self-studying chemistry, physics, and biology for an upcoming med school entrance exam, which is based on the high school science curriculum. Sometimes books give rise to new questions, but offer limited help in answering them. So, for now I am here to seek...

Aren't they related? Still a bit lost... Thank you for the response anyway!

I have read that magnesium’s flame is white, and the light emitted includes all the wavelengths of visible light. Calcium, on the other hand, needs less energy to excite its valence electron, and hence, during emission, the radiation given off has a longer wavelength (red light) and its flame is...