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Beryllium and magnesium do not give colo...

Beryllium and magnesium do not give colour to flame whereas other alkaline earth metals do so. Why?

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Be and Mg atoms are smaller and their electrons being strongly bound to the nucleous are not excited to higher energy level.
Therefore they do not give colour in the flame test.
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