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Noun
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en-noun|sg=borax bead test

1. chemistry 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 flame

See also
flame test
charcoal block test

• 2007-07-14 20:57 - RJFJR - noun phrase to noun

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