Why is Water Greenish Blue?

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Why is Water Greenish Blue?

In other words, Cyan…

Why is Water Greenish Blue?

SmartBoard Exercise

The Atomic Color Code

• Fireworks generate a noticeable amount of heat and light

• The colors produced are from heating metal salts like calcium chloride or sodium nitrate

• Atoms of each element absorb energy and release a specific color of light

The atom’s outer electrons absorb energy and step up to an excited higher energy level

This only lasts a brief time.The electron sheds that excess

energy in the form of light and moves back to it’s lower energy level

How Do the Atoms Emit Light?

High Energy Excited State

Do Atoms Have Specific Colors?

Color Compound

Wavelength

Red Li2CO3 652ORANG

ECaCl2 668

YELLOW

NaCl 610-621

Green BaCl2 589Blue CuCl 505-535

Violet Strontium + Copper 420-460

Silver Al, Ti or Mg

Atomic Fireworks

Li and Cu

Ca and Na Ba

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