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Blue Flame from Common Salt

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SOME time ago the question was raised in NATURE (vol. xiii. p. 287) concerning the origin of the blue flame produced when common salt is thrown into a hot fire.

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SMITH, A. Blue Flame from Common Salt. Nature 19, 483 (1879). https://doi.org/10.1038/019483a0

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