IS THE FLAME COLORATION A TEST FOR THE METAL OR FOR THE ACID RADICAL?
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Metal. If you have seen your instructor do this sort of test, he or she will say something to the effect, "This is the color aluminum burns, bromine burns, etc." When he or she says the element that burns a particular color, look it up on the Periodic Chart, they will all be metals.