Put the following steps for doing a flame test in the correct order. Be aware th

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Put the following steps for doing a flame test in the correct order. Be aware that some solutions pose some health hazard and that the HCI is corrosive. Be sure to clean the wire every time the flame test is done on a different sample. Light the burner and dip the end of a nichrom wire (will have tiny loop) in distilled water Dip the clean wire loop in the sample solution and carefully observe the flame color(s) when loop is heated. Clean the wire loop by heating it in the tip of the inner blue cone until you see no color. Clean wire and test the next sample. Test all the samples and the unknown then retest the known with a flame test that matches the unknown. Clean test tubes and obtain 5-6 drops of each 0.2M known solution.

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The correct order of the steps taken in doing a flame test are as follows:

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