Re: AboutSalts

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Original poster: "rheidlebaugh by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <rheidlebaugh-at-zialink-dot-com>

Chris:   No!   a gas chromatigraph chart will NOT give you a color list of
elenents. An EMMISION SPECTROGRAPH chart will have that. A list of pyrotech
color chemicals is best as it is choeen to provide colors as seen by the
eye. At low temprature water soluble salts produce colored light when
excited by electrical excitation in just the same way that UV light produces
colored light with certain elements. Calcium and magnesium (epson salt) both
produce white light not colored light. The AA Spectrograph and the GC use
light absorbed by the elements and compounds being tested not the light
emmited by elements so charts made for them will not give you light colors
emitted.
   Robert  H

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> Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 12:46:23 -0600
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> Original poster: "cd by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
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> A question about salts
> 
> I have some epsom salt. I think its mgso4
> my question is will this work for producing colored arcs?
> I know mg makes very bright/hot flame when burnt.
> Im guessing it may not be safe to use...
> 
> Also I am wondering what is the scientific explanation of this effect...
> my guess is
> The very high voltage discharges are vaporizing the wet salt. The vapors
> then burn to create what ever color the burning elements in the salt
> produce.
> I am wondering if the vaporization is due to heat (my coil seems to produce
> very little to no heat, by the time I unplug and discharge/ground caps no
> heat is detectable on any component), or if there is some type of
> Ionic(ionic/covalent? been ahwile ) bond break down in the salts. Is there a
> separation of the salts elements from HV electrical Ionization into their
> flamable components? If we used table salt as an example does the sodium
> seperate from the chlorine? Is the orange from sodium burning?
> Or am I way off here.....?
> 
> Is there a color chart posted on the net somewhere?
> Like a color key for a gas chromatigraph?
> Does a gas chromatigraph use an electrical charge to vaporize elements that
> only burn at high temperatures?
> 
> Chris Dowdy
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