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flame test
How a candle flame burns
combustion: stages
Understand the reason why fire flames have different color, shape, and movement
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How a candle flame burns
Exploring why candle flames burn.
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Understand the reason why fire flames have different color, shape, and movement
Learn about the colour, shape, and movement of fire.
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flame test
Sodium flame test used in detecting the presence of metal ions.
Søren Wedel Nielsen
combustion: stages
Stages of the combustion process.
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