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A laser is a device which stimulates molecules or atoms to emit light at particular wavelengths. It will then amplify that light and...

When using a flame photometer, flame stability can be affected by a number of different factors and outside influences. These include...

At BWB Tech, we use flame photometry to measure how bright light appears to the human eye. We use photometry to analyse Sodium,...

A Venturi or Venturi tube is a system used to speed up the flow of fluid by constricting it in a cone-shaped tube. As it is restricted,...

When carrying out any form of analytical chemistry, it is common for some to achieve one set of results, only to then repeat the process...

In the last 100 years, the technological prowess of the human race has undoubtedly been the human race’s greatest achievement. Albert...

Sodium is a chemical element and the most common metal found in the universe. It is a soft metal which can be easily cut with a knife....

An aerosol is a suspension of fine solid partic­­­les or liquid droplets in air or another gas. Aerosols occur naturally and can also be...

Before the Instrument: 1556 to 1854 Long before anyone built a flame photometer, a German metallurgist named Georgius Agricola commented on "the colour of fumes" from different types of ores in a paper published in 1556, a qualitative analysis of flame colour to work out what an ore contained. The idea wasn't picked up again for two centuries, until Isaac Newton began investigating light and its properties in the early 1700s, and a further century passed before scientists beg

When using a flame photometer, you will eventually reach a stage where using mathematics is unavoidable. This handy guide should help you...

Not all elements are detectable by flame photometry. When using a flame photometer to detect the concentration of an element, this...

The basics on reflection and refraction When light travels through an object, it can be affected by the properties of that medium in...