Saturday, November 9, 2013

Fireworks night and Chemistry

Did you enjoy the fireworks night?






What is the connection between fireworks and Chemistry? Simply put, there would be no fireworks without Chemistry :)

The colours are given by different metal compounds added to the fireworks:

  • green - barium or copper
  • yellow - sodium
  • pink - lithium
  • red - strontium
  • orange - calcium
As for the sparks, powdered aluminium works great!

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