Once-in-a-lifetime meteor photo, captured by accident by Prasenjeet Yadav - eviltoast
  • teft@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Probably nickel and/or salts of barium. Copper burns blue as a pyrotechnic colorant.

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      7 months ago

      Ah ok. I was going to say nickel but I did a quick search and somehow I read that it was copper.

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      7 months ago

      Depending on the salt you can make both blue and green. Copper sulphate flame test is a pretty common school lab practical isn’t it?