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Blackwolf
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PostPosted: 16:44 - 05 Dec 2012    Post subject: Where to get?.... Reply with quote
Im after a few different chemicals/compounds and im not sure where to get them cheapest/if anyone here is able to get them?

There to put in a fire to make the flame coloured.. (random yes Laughing)

Copper sulphate - Green
Calcium chloride - Blue
Borax? - Light green..

Is there a way to get red?

Any ideas anyone?... Laughing
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PostPosted: 16:52 - 05 Dec 2012    Post subject: Re: Where to get?.... Reply with quote
Blackwolf wrote:
...make the flame coloured.. (random yes Laughing)
...
Is there a way to get red?

Any ideas anyone?... Laughing

Google tells me strontium nitrate or strontium chloride.

Google is your friend.
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Islander
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PostPosted: 16:53 - 05 Dec 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Red = strontium or lithium carbonate
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Islander
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PostPosted: 16:57 - 05 Dec 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
You could try these people for supplies:

https://hobbychemicals.co.uk
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DrDonnyBrago
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PostPosted: 18:17 - 05 Dec 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
At school, flame test red was always lithium.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/edexcel_pre_2011/patterns/forensicsciencerev2.shtml
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Ronin
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PostPosted: 21:17 - 05 Dec 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
If you go on The British blade society and ask they should be able to help you.
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