Lithium atoms emit a characteristic flame coloration due to electronic transitions
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While reference literature notes that lithium gives a characteristic crimson flame, the provided sources do not explicitly establish the connection to electronic transitions for lithium's coloration.
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Observations
The video shows the metals and salts in this order:
| Metal or salt: 1. Copper acetate 2. Copper 3. Potassium iodide 4. Magnesium 5. Iron 6. Lithium carbonate 7. Strontium nitrate 8. Sodium chloride | Observations: Green flame Blue-green flame Violet flame White sparks Yellow sparks Blue flame Red flame Yellow flame |
Explanation
When a metal or metal salt is added to a flame, a combustion reaction ensues. This reaction excites an electron in the metal from its ground state to a higher orbital. In order to return to its ground state, the electron releases the additional energy in the form of light. Different metal electrons emit different wavelengths of light to return to their respective ground states, so the flame colors are varied. These flames can be used to produce atomic emmision spectra of the elements combusted. Using known values of emmision spectra, one can perform a flame test on un unknown substance, gather an emmision spectrum from it, and determine which elements are in the unknown substance.
If an atom has only one shell, it needs two electrons to be complete. Otherwise, the outer shell needs eight electrons to be complete.[30]
The Bohr model is important because it has the idea of energy levels. The electrons in each shell have a certain amount of energy. Shells that are farther from the nucleus have more energy. When a small burst of energy called a photon hits an electron, the electron can jump into a higher-energy shell. This photon must carry exactly the right amount of energy to bring the electron to the new energy level. A photon is a burst of light, and the amount of energy determines the color of light. So each kind of atom will absorb certain colors of light, called the absorption spectrum. An electron can also send out, or emit, a photon, and fall into a lower energy shell. For the same reason, the atom will only send out certain colors of light, called the emission spectrum.[29]
The complete picture is more complicated. Unlike the Earth moving around the Sun, electrons do not move in a circle. We cannot know the exact place of an electron. We only know the probability, or chance, that it will be in any place.
Hydrogen-alpha
Hydrogen-alpha, also called H-alpha or Hα, a spectral line of the hydrogen atom. The emission line has a wavelength of 656.28 nm in air and 656.46 nm in a vacuum. This creates the color dark red. It is the first spectral line in the Balmer series. The spectral line is emitted when a hydrogen electron goes from the third electron shell to the second electron shell. H-alpha is used in astronomy. The Hydrogen-alpha emissions can be observed in emission nebulae and in the Sun's atmosphere (like the solar prominences and the chromosphere). Balmer series
In the Bohr model of the atom, electrons are in "quantized" energy levels in the atom's nucleus. This means that electrons orbit the atom in different electron shells. These energy levels are written as the principal quantum number n = 1, 2, 3 ..., so the first energy level is called n = 1, the second energy level is called n = 2, etc. Electrons are only allowed to be in these shells. They cannot be between two states. Electrons emit photons when the move to lower electron shell levels. When they move from n ≥ 3 to n = 2, they release photons that are in the Balmer series. Each part of the Balmer series is named.
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