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GCSE Chemistry · key term
A wooden splint whose flame has been blown out but whose tip is still hot and glowing.
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Specification 4.8.2.2 · Paper 2
A wooden splint whose flame has been blown out but whose hot tip continues to glow.
Revise: Test for OxygenIf the gas is oxygen, the glowing splint relights: a visible flame appears again.
Specification 8.23 · Paper 2
State both the method and the positive result: insert a glowing splint into the gas; it relights if oxygen is present.
State both the method and the positive result: a glowing splint relights in oxygen.
Use a glowing splint, not one that is still burning with a flame.
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Paper 1 (Foundation), Paper 2 (Foundation), Paper 3 (Higher), Paper 4 (Higher)
A wooden stick that has been lit and then blown out, leaving a hot, glowing end without a flame.
Revise: Gas testsFor example, a splint that simply goes out is not a unique result, while a glowing splint that relights is characteristic of oxygen under these test conditions.