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Monday, December 12, 2005

colors and chemicals

This is a list of colors, the compounds that make them, and the wavelength emmitted:
Color
Compound
Wavelength (nm)
red
strontium salts, lithium saltslithium carbonate, Li2CO3 = red strontium carbonate, SrCO3 = bright red
652

orange
calcium saltscalcium chloride, CaCl2
668

yellow
sodium saltssodium chloride, NaCl
610-621

green
barium compounds + chlorine producerbarium chloride, BaCl2
589

blue
copper compounds + chlorine producercopper(I) chloride, CuCl
505-535

purple
mixture of strontium (red) and copper (blue) compounds
420-460

silver
burning aluminum, titanium, or magnesium

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