Have you seen how a banana flambe is prepared? When wine is added to the bananas while being heated a pink, almost fuchsia colored flame is reproduced. how would you account for this observation.
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2006-09-15 03:37:21 · 3 answers · asked by hardcore 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
The flame in a flambe' is due to the ignition (burning) of the alcohol in the wine/liquor that has been added.
The colour of the flame is due to the different mineral salts in the wine/liqour.
Here is a website that shows some different mineral salts burned to produce different colours with movies.
http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/jcesoft/CCA/CCA2/MAIN/FLAME/CD2R1.HTM
Of course in your liquor there will be many different salts etc and the final colour will be a combination of those.
Hope this helps
2006-09-15 03:46:35 · answer #1 · answered by random.acts 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe that it is caused by the remnants of the skins and pulp of the grapes, used to make the wine, burning off. Most wine will have a sediment in the bottom of the bottle and I believe this is what you are seeing cause the coler of the flame to be fuchia colored. The alcohol burns clear to blue by itself so it has to be because of a residue
2006-09-15 03:47:51 · answer #2 · answered by Jeep Driver 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it's the alcohol burning.
2006-09-15 06:06:30 · answer #3 · answered by shiara_blade 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋