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Flame Emission Spectroscopy

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About Flame Emission Spectroscopy
: '''Flame emission spectroscopy''' is an advanced version of the [[Flame Test]]s and uses a [[Spectroscope]] to separate the colours into a [[spectrum]].
: When [[White Light|white light]] passes through a [[Spectroscope]] the colours are split into a [[spectrum]] (the rainbow). When [[Metal Compound|metal compounds]] burn they only produce certain colours so when this [[light]] is passed through a [[spectroscope]] in '''flame emission spectroscopy''' it produces very specific lines called a '[[Emission Spectra|Line Spectrum]]' instead of the broad [[spectrum]] seen from [[White Light|white light]].
: [[Metal]]s in a [[metal]] [[compound]] can be identified by comparing it to the [[Line SpectrumEmission Spectra|line spectra]] of known [[metal]]s.