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\section{Concluding Remarks}  Frank-Hertz curves for three distinct elements have been analyzed for the excitation energy of their lowest state. Of all three experiments done, Mercury and Argon were the closest to the expected NIST ASD data. Although the Neon data is inconsistent with the expected values, it is likely that there were not enough data points to properly determine a trend for the graph of $\Delta E_n$ vs. $n$, which undermined the accuracy of the value for excitation energy. Future experiments could possibly include multiple runs for the same element, better resolution (using - using  smaller increments of $V_{acc}$, or use different parameters in order to optimize the amount of peaks and dips seen before ionization.