Fireworks can be every color of the rainbow. But why?
- Fireworks can be every color of the rainbow. But why?
- Red fireworks come from strontium salts and lithium salts.
- Gold fireworks are produced by iron, charcoal and lampblack.
- Copper produces brilliant blue blasts.
- Purple comes from a mixture of strontium (red) and copper (blue) compounds.
- Barium is responsible for bright green bursts.
- Magnesium, aluminum or barium oxide will create delicate white explosions.
- Yellow fireworks are produced by sodium nitrates.
- Orange fireworks come from calcium salts, such as calcium chloride and calcium sulfate
- Silver burns bright with aluminum, titanium, or magnesium powder.
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