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Tom Mortier , Annie Wellens and Marie-Josée Janssens

Department of Health and Technology, Leuven Catholic University College, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium, and Department of Chemistry, Catholic University of Leuven, B-3001 Leuven-Heverlee, Belgium

J. Chem. Educ., 2008, 85 (4), p 522

DOI: 10.1021/ed085p522.2

Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2008

Abstract

This article describes an alternative to traditional methanol-based flame tests; this alternative may be a safer demonstration.

Keywords (Audience):

High School / Introductory Chemistry

Keywords (Domain):

Demonstrations

Keywords (Feature):

JCE DigiDemos: Extensions

Keywords (Subject):

Alcohols

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