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Why is Water Greenish Blue?. In other words, Cyan…. SmartBoard Exercise. Why is Water Greenish Blue?. 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
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Why is Water Greenish Blue? In other words, Cyan…
SmartBoard Exercise Why is Water Greenish Blue?
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
How Do the Atoms Emit 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
Atomic Fireworks Ca and Na Ba Li and Cu
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