Throughout the Flame Test Lab, the purpose was to identify the cation in an unknown substance based on its characteristic color in a flame. Each color is represented by the amount of photons being released by the compound’s electrons. The first compound tested was Potassium Chloride. Potassium Chloride has a slightly pink and purple color due to the salt which produces it. The next substance examined was Sodium Chloride which appeared to be orange because sodium is placed within a blue flame. The flame raises the electron causing a higher energy level resulting in radiation, being the reason it looks yellow and bright orange. After that came Strontium Chloride. Strontium Chloride comes off vibrant red because the energy produced by the metal