flame testnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfleɪm ˌtest/us/ˈfleɪm ˌtest/specializeda method used by scientists to discover whether a substance contains metal ions
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Laboratory equipment
- bell jar
- Buchner funnel
- Bunsen burner
- burette
- calorimeter
- collecting flask
- condenser
- conical flask
- crucible
- evaporating dish
- flask
- graduated cylinder
- hydrometer
- litmus paper
- microscope
- oscilloscope
- particle accelerator
- retort stand
- siphon
- transducer
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Examples from literature
- At one end, on the ground floor, is the exposing and recording apparatus for flame tests of explosives, also pressure gauges, and a calorimeter, and, at the other end, is a gallery for testing safety lamps.