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Reflections-magnesium metal burns with a bright white flame. what conclusions can you draw about the electron transitions that can take place for a magnesium atom?

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The conclusion that you can draw about the electron transitions that can take place for a magnesium atom is that the photons produced are not of a lone wavelength, therefore from many dissimilar levels to subsequent levels, with many different wavelengths joining to create white.

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