Introductory Chemistry: A Foundation
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Chapter 11, Problem 9QAP
hen lithium salts are heated in a flame, they emit red light. When copper salts are heated in a flame in the same manner, they emit green light. Why do we know that lithium salts will never emit green light and copper salts will never emit red light?
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