What is the Flame Color of Magnesium Chloride?

[lwymarie]

this is a question in my test.. and i failed to solve it
wt's the flame color of magnesium chloride?

 

[DrMark]

this is a question in my test.. and i failed to solve it
wt's the flame color of magnesium chloride?

Not to sure if this is the answer your looking for, but in atomic emission spectroscopy the line used for Mg analysis is at ~285 nm aka invisible.

 

[lwymarie]

when we carry out the flame test to test metal ions, what is the flame color of magnesium ions?

 

[dextercioby]

Why don't go into the lag and take solid MgCl_{2} and put in a flame (blue,preferably)...?It's the most convincing answer u could possibly get.

Daniel.

 

[DrMark]

"No color is imparted to the flame by magnesium chloride. This indicates that neither magnesium nor chlorine has a characteristic flame color."

http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCESoft/CCA/CCA2/MAIN/FLAME/CD2R1.HTM