Chemically coloured sparks

Chemical Sparks

After trying various salt solutions on a breakout, I was sent some more interesting "samples" to try.

I used  a nail punch as the breakout, the sample was put into the indentation at the end, and my SSTC2 was run. wherever possible the conditions were kept the same for each sample.

Be carefull if you try to repeat this experement as some of the chemicals are quite dnagerous. 

Calcium Hydroxide Gave an orange glow at the breakout. Coloured the arc above a little
	Referance	Calcium Hydroxide	Calcium Hydroxide	Calcium Hydroxide
Copper Sulphate No noticable change in the arc.
	Referance	Copper Sulphate	Copper Sulphate
Lanthanum Oxide Toxic Gave a faint green glow from the breakout, no noticable chnage in arc colour.
	Referance	Lanthanum Oxide	Lanthanum Oxide	Lanthanum Oxide
Lithium Hydroxide Highly Caustic & Toxic   A Nice Red glow at the breakout. Some noticable patches of red colour in the arc.
	Referance	Lithium Hydroxide	Lithium Hydroxide	Lithium Hydroxide
Strontium Nitrate Bright Red glow at the breakout, and very noticable red flashes in the arc.
	Referance	Strontium Nitrate	Strontium Nitrate	Strontium Nitrate
Zinc Sulphide No Colour from the breakpout or in the arc, some crystals near the breakout gave a blue glow.
	Referance	Zinc Sulphide	Zinc Sulphide

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