Avani Poudel Block 4 11/9/16 Examining Emission Spectrums Introduction: How do we analyze the emission spectra of unknown substances through applying energy to an element? The purpose of this experiment is to identify two unknown substances when they emit color by viewing the emission spectra in Part 1, as well as analyzing the different colors seen in the flames in Part 2. Energy can be applied to atoms and elements in various ways, one of them that we focused on in this experiment being heat. As we learned in class, when extra energy is added to these elements, they jump to an “excited state,” which is any quantum state that has a higher energy than the ground state. The ground state of a quantum mechanical system is its lowest-energy