Unknown Lab Write-Up

I started my unknown lab by doing the flame test. I thought that if I started with this test and followed with the borax bead test I could narrow down which anion I thought it was without spending too much time. My first sample (1123) turned out sort of red in the flame test so I thought it was Strontium but wasn’t positive. After doing the borax bead and all of the other anion tests I decided to guess. I didn’t have anything else to go off of except for my notes from the flame test so I wasn’t sure, but it turned out that it was correct and I went on to my next anion.
My second sample (416) as a whole was more challenging to figure out than my second sample. After the flame test I was positive that it had to be Potassium because it was the only anion that turned out lavender in the flame test. I went ahead and did all of the other anion tests just to make sure. The Lead test also was positive so I wasn’t sure which one to guess. I knew it had to......

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