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Fantastic colours in the Science Lab by TY Chemistry students

Array of burning salts Photo by: Carmel Grey
NEWS / 9 April 2014

On Wednesday, 2nd April, Mr. Clancy and the TY students did an experiment to show burning salts.

On Wednesday, 2nd April, Mr. Clancy and the TY students did an experiment to show what happened when burning salts in alcohol. Effectively different electrons movements give different colours as can be seen in the photographs. From left to right: Strontium Chloride, Barium Chloride, Copper Chloride, Potassium Chloride and Sodium Chloride. (Click on blog title for more photos.)

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