My brother did an experiment where he burnt a strip of metal in school and it burned white but he can't remember what metal it was! Thanks!
2006-11-07 05:30:28 · 21 answers · asked by Michaela 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Mg burns with a white flame, but so does Al. If you've ever set off a firecracker, you've noticed it makes a white flash. The explosive used in firecrackers is a mixture of KClO4 and powdered Al. Zr also burns with a white flame, and is used in pyrotechnic mixures to make white sparks. And I'm sure there are others.
2006-11-07 05:51:18 · answer #1 · answered by pack_rat2 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Magnesium
2006-11-07 05:37:05 · answer #2 · answered by juan70ahr 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Magnesium
2006-11-07 05:32:38 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Magnesium
2006-11-07 05:32:22 · answer #4 · answered by Uther Aurelianus 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Magnesium burns with a bright white light and gives off white smoke but I'd hesitate to say it had a white 'flame', When lead or it's salts are placed in a flame it gives a blueish white flame.
2006-11-07 12:58:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Magnesium is the one that was done in most classroom experiments. The really bright light was produced when the metal was allowed to burn in an oxygen rich atmosphere.
2006-11-07 11:45:55 · answer #6 · answered by Ste 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's magnesium ribbon- I remember it vividly because a few friends and myself took some from the store cupboard and set fire to it,needless to say we got caught(might have something to do with the fact that it lit up like a light house)and we were put in detention.
2006-11-07 05:37:28 · answer #7 · answered by M M 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Magnesium, for sure. We used to do it at school, making little heaps of the strips and burning it all at once, very funny...or it was back then anyway.
Hope to have cleared that up for you.
2006-11-07 05:32:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was magnesium. You burn a long length of Mg ribbon and it burns with a blinding white light that you shouldn't look at directly.
2006-11-07 05:33:02 · answer #9 · answered by Older&Wiser 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh, this is a lot of fun. Magnesium ribbon. I think everyone's done it at school :)
2006-11-07 12:05:43 · answer #10 · answered by Udits 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋