Have you seen this!?! Burning saltwater

[Jonathan Hutchins]

On Thursday 13 September 2007 09:41:56 am Jeremy Fowler wrote:

>This got me thinking about the burning saltwater,
> which was an orange-yellow flame. 

Did you miss the sodium in salt water?

> So, its probably not the Hydrogen burning. 

Or it's the hydrogen burning hot enough to excite the sodium, just like doing 
a loop test in a bunsen burner.

Did you _all_ sleep through chemistry?