English Explanatory Dictionary

borax bead test

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. in qualitative inorganic analysis, a test for the presence of certain metallic elements by observing the colours given to a bead of borax in a loop of platinum wire held in the oxidizing and reducing parts of a Bunsen burner flame

Word forms

borax bead test borax bead tests

Related words

flame test charcoal block test
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