borax bead test

noun

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

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Meanings

nounborax bead test (plural borax bead tests)

plural borax bead tests

  1. chemistryin 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

Translations

German Boraxperle
  • Boraxperlea test for the presence of certain metallic elements
Irish promhadh cnapbhóráis
  • promhadh cnapbhóráisa test for the presence of certain metallic elements
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