Question

If you add Boric Acid to a fire, it turns green. Explain why this would happen

Answer 1

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Answer 2

What do you know about Boron? And how energy is emitted as light

Answer 3

I know nothing about boron.

Answer 4

i jus know it turns fire green

Answer 5

but i dont know how.

Answer 6

What happens if you heat up something?

You're adding energy to it, right?

Answer 7

yes

thermal energy

Answer 8

okay and then when the compound loses some of that energy, then that energy is emitted as light

Answer 9

Okay.

Answer 10

and depending on the compounds- different compounds absorb different amounts of energy and they can release different amounts of energy

so different elements will give off different colors

Answer 11

Oh okay.

Answer 12

If you're interested more on this topic
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/ap-chemistry/electronic-structure-of-atoms-ap/bohr-model-hydrogen-ap/a/spectroscopy-interaction-of-light-and-matter

Answer 13

okay