Question

Following are colours shown by some alkaline earth metals in flame test. Which of the following are not correctly matched?

	Metal	Colour
(i)	Calcium	Apple green
(ii)	Strontium	Crimson
(iii)	Barium	Brick red

• A. (i) and (iii)
• B. (i) only
• C. (ii) only
• D. (ii) and (iii)

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

Calcium gives brick red colour and barium gives apple green colour in flame test.