Perkin-Elmer Model 52A Flame Photometer

• Manufactured by the Perkin-Elmer Corporation
  Made in Glenbrook, CT
• 19.5 in. H x 21.5 in. W x 15 in. D
  Stainless steel, metal, plastic, glass, paper
• Not on display
• Gift of the Bodenseewerk Perkin-Elmer Museum of Instrumental Analysis, Überlingen, Germany
• Bodensee Collection
• 2002.003.028

Description

A flame photometer is an instrument that is used mostly in inorganic chemistry to identify metal ions present in a sample. The unknown sample is introduced to the flame at a constant rate, and then the photometer uses color to identify the metal ions present.