Flame Tests - Identifying Metal Ions

How do you identify the positive metal ions in a compound? Put them in a fire and see what colour the flame becomes!
The textbook flame colours are listed below (and on the video) and they're pretty accurate in real life but, in some cases, the camera doesn't pick up the colours exactly as they should be. Calcium salt in particular isn't as good as it is in reality because the red is not as intense.
Flame Test Colours:
Lithium ion: scarlet-red flame
Sodium ion: yellow-orange flame
Potassium ion: lilac flame
Calcium ion: brick-red flame
Barium ion: apple-green flame

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Thank you so much for this! Your demo has made it much much much easier for me to remember the tests.

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Good video!
Helped me understand how the flame test is actually played out in the lab, and not just what happens on the atomic level like some of these online resources nowadays

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