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flame carbon

British

noun

electrical engineering a carbon electrode containing metallic salts that colour the arc in a flame-arc light

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Chlorine and hydrogen combine with a pale violet flame, carbon monoxide burns in oxygen with a blue flame, while ammonia burns with a deep yellow flame.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William

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