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Various metal salts are put in fireworks to add color. Strontium carbonate makes red fireworks. White fireworks have a touch of titanium. Calcium chloride causes orange fireworks. Sodium nitrate creates yellow fireworks while barium chloride creates green fireworks. Copper chloride produces blue fireworks. To make purple fireworks, they mix strontium (red) and copper (blue).
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∙ 7y ago
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∙ 11y agoThe colors of fireworks are due to specific emission spectra of some elements as Sr, Li, Mg, Ca, Be, Ti, K, Na, Ba, Cu, Cs, Rb, etc.
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∙ 14y agoThe colors are produced by some sort of chemical reaction. So depending on what substances and minerals are in the firework will determine which color the firework will be.
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∙ 14y agoBecause they have different chemicals added to them.
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∙ 9y agoA certain material in the fire work gives it the color when it explodes into miny pieces.😃
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∙ 9y agoBy the addition of chemical compounds
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Does noble gases give fireworks the ability to glow?
No, noble gasses are not used in fireworks. Fireworks get their color from metal ions.
What metal must be added to a fireworks to give it a blue color?
what gives fireworks its blue color is silver burning aluminum , titanium,magnesium powder.
Did fireworks have color in the 1800s?
Yes, yes they did. Color wasn't a 20th century invention.
Why are blue fireworks uncommon?
Fireworks gets their color from burning metals. The metal the gives blue is expensive and quite poisonous.
What gives purple fireworks their color?
Examples: lithium, strontium
Does noble gases give fireworks the ability to glow?
No, noble gasses are not used in fireworks. Fireworks get their color from metal ions.
What metal must be added to a fireworks to give it a blue color?
what gives fireworks its blue color is silver burning aluminum , titanium,magnesium powder.
What color does boron when burned?
Green and is used with fireworks.
What color do American use the most for fireworks?
RED
Did fireworks have color in the 1800s?
Yes, yes they did. Color wasn't a 20th century invention.
Why are blue fireworks uncommon?
Fireworks gets their color from burning metals. The metal the gives blue is expensive and quite poisonous.
How do you change the color of the fireworks on dust game?
Put on sunglasses.
Why have fireworks got boron in them?
To give a green color to the flares
What gives purple fireworks their color?
Examples: lithium, strontium
What metal must be added to make fireworks a blue color?
Copper
What chemical produces the color turquoise in a fireworks explosion?
Ammonium perchlorate 25 Barium nitrate 25 Guanidine nitrate 25 Magnalium, 100-200 mesh 20 Copper, atomized, -100 mesh
What colors are mixed with black to make another color?
Mixing any color with black produces a shade of the original color. Mixing a color with white produces a tint of the original color.
