What Salts Create Different Colored Flames When Burned?

[xJuggleboy]

Does anyone know of a list I can check to see what salts burn diffrent colors?

 

[Bladibla]

Does anyone know of a list I can check to see what salts burn diffrent colors?

when you mean salts, you mean ions yes?

In general, i find the ones you need to know are:

metal
flame colour

barium
light green

calcium
brick red

copper
blue/green

lead
blue/white

potassium
lilac

sodium
bright orange

Im not sure if you asked this, but if it is, i hope it helps.

 

[Gokul43201]

http://webmineral.com/help/FlameTest.shtml

Bladibla has listed the common ones.

 

[xJuggleboy]

when you mean salts, you mean ions yes?

Im not really sure wha tI mean... I was told that if you put diffrent kinds of salt in a fire they would burn diffrent colors... I was thinking of making some cool fire effects in a camp fire. ISo I need to know what burns what color

 

[mlschiff]

what about cations?

 

[mgb_phys]

Im not really sure wha tI mean... I was told that if you put diffrent kinds of salt in a fire they would burn diffrent colors... I was thinking of making some cool fire effects in a camp fire. ISo I need to know what burns what color

Salts are made up of a metal and the other bit. For example table salt is Sodium Chloride.
Sodium is a metal, it's only the metal that effects the color, giving the colors in the list above.

 

[Borek]

Also note that in most cases these salts don't burn - they just give color to flame.