Why alkali metal impart characteristic colours when introduced to flame

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Bushdiver · Answer 1 · 2020-09-23T02:57:03+0000

Alkali metals impart characteristic colours to the flame due to low ionisation enthalpy, when an alkali metal or its salt is heated in a flame, the valence electrons are excited to higher energy level.

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