A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe: Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic CombinationsAnonymous
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A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe: Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations
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Blowpipe
Dissolves readily to a clear glass which with a small amount of
the oxide is yellow, while warm, and becomes colorless on
cooling. With a larger addition, the glass is, in the hot state,
of a deep orange color, which changes to yellow and finally
becomes opaline in process of cooling.
in the reducing flame.
A glass becomes at first grey and turbid, then begins to
effervesce, which action continues during the reduction of the
oxide, and it finally becomes perfectly clear. If tin be added,
the glass becomes at first grey from the reduced bismuth, but,
when the metal is collected into a bead, the glass is again
clear and colorless.
Behavior with Mic. Salt on Platinum wire
in the oxidizing flame.
Dissolves in small quantity to a clear colorless glass. A larger
addition affords a glass which, while warm, is yellow, and
becomes colorless on cooling. When in sufficient proportion the
glass may be rendered opaque under an intermittent flame, and a
still larger addition of oxide renders the bead spontaneously
opaque on cooling.
in the reducing flame.
On charcoal, and especially with the addition of tin, the glass
remains colorless and clear, while warm, but becomes on cooling
of a dark grey color and opaque.
* * * * *
13. Oxide of Uranium, U^{2}O^{3}.
Behavior with Borax on Platinum wire
in the oxidizing flame.
Behaves similarly to oxide of iron, with the exception that the
color of the former is somewhat paler. When sufficiently
saturated, the glass may be rendered of an opaque yellow by an
intermittent flame.
in the reducing flame.
Affords the same color as the oxide of iron. The green glass
obtained in this flame, if sufficiently saturated, can be
rendered black by an intermittent flame, but it has under these
circumstances no enameline appearance. On charcoal, with the
addition of tin, the glass takes a dark green color.
Behavior with Mic. Salt on Platinum wire
in the oxidizing flame.
Dissolves to a clear yellow glass, which assumes a
yellowish-green color on cooling.
in the reducing flame.
The glass assumes a beautiful green color, which becomes more
brilliant as the bead cools. The addition of tin upon charcoal
produces no further change.
* * * * *
14. Oxide of Copper, CuO.
Behavior with Borax on Platinum wire
in the oxidizing flame.
Produces an intense coloration. If in small quantity, the glass
is green, while warm, and becomes blue on cooling. If in large
proportion, the green color is so intense as to appear black.
When cool, this becomes paler, and changes to a greenish blue.
in the reducing flame.
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