How flame test data could be used in forensic science?
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Wow, that's an open ended question. I'll give you a simple example, arsenic.
You can detect trace metals in blood samples by simply burning a small drop of blood in front of a spectrometer. The spectrometer detects the wavelengths of light emitted and their relative intensity. Since each metal has a unique spectrum, there is no chance of misidentifying the metals present. If arsenic is picked up at a much higher than normal intensity, the subject was killed by arsenic poisoning.
Oh, and just for your sake. This is how they find lead poisoning.
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