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You are given conc. HCl and salts of some alkaline earth metals and directed to conduct flame test and to detect the cation present in each salt.
(a) Can you detect all the cations which are given here by this method? `[CaCl_2, MgSO_4, Ba(NO_3)_2, BeCl_2, SrCl_2]`
(b) Justify your answer.
(c) What is the mechanism of this test?

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