1. FLAME TEST
The Results

2. Barium
1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d10 4p6 5s2 4d10 5p6 6s2
Green (486nm) went from 2s to one level higher than the red and from 2p to one higher than the red.

3. Calcium
1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2
Red (656nm) went from 2s to 3p, 2p to 3d, and 2p to 3s.

4. Sodium
1s2 2s2 2p6 3s1
The Na diagram went from 3s to 3p & then to 5s,6s,7s,6d,5d,and 4d.
The move from 3p to 3s is responsible for the yellow glow (589nm).

5. Potassium
1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s1
The purple (434nm) went from 2s to two levels higher than the red and from 2p to two levels higher than the red. The second purple (410nm) went from 2s to three levels higher than the red and from 2p to three higher than the red.

6. Lithium
1s2 2s1
The diagram went from 2s to 2p and then to 4s,5s,6s,5d,4d, & 3d.
The move from 2p to 2s is responsible for the red emission (670nm).

7. WORKS CITED
Robinson, James W., Atomic Spectroscopy, 2nd ed , Dekker, New York 1996
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