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  2. Pyrotechnic colorant - Wikipedia

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    Sodium compounds glow yellow in a flame. A pyrotechnic colorant is a chemical compound which causes a flame to burn with a particular color. These are used to create the colors in pyrotechnic compositions like fireworks and colored fires. The color-producing species are usually created from other chemicals during the reaction.

  3. Colored fire - Wikipedia

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    Colored fire is a common pyrotechnic effect used in stage productions, fireworks and by fire performers the world over. Generally, the color of a flame may be red, orange, blue, yellow, or white, and is dominated by blackbody radiation from soot and steam.

  4. Pyrotechnic composition - Wikipedia

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    A pyrotechnic composition is a substance or mixture of substances designed to produce an effect by heat, light, sound, gas/smoke or a combination of these, as a result of non-detonative self-sustaining exothermic chemical reactions. Pyrotechnic substances do not rely on oxygen from external sources to sustain the reaction.

  5. The Fourth of July lesson you didn’t know you needed - AOL

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    A fireworks aerial shell is mostly made of gunpowder and small bits of explosive materials known as stars, which give fireworks their color once they explode. The Fourth of July lesson you didn ...

  6. Black snake (firework) - Wikipedia

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    Black snakes are a popular firework in India, which children play with during the festival of Diwali. Though deemed toxic by the Chest Research foundation and Pune University, black snake fireworks are still in use. The objective of the study was to determine which firework produced the most air pollution in India.

  7. Pyrotechnics - Wikipedia

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    Pyrotechnic gerbs used in the entertainment industry. Pyrotechnics is the science and craft of creating such things as fireworks, safety matches, oxygen candles, explosive bolts and other fasteners, parts of automotive airbags, as well as gas-pressure blasting in mining, quarrying, and demolition.

  8. Fireworks - Wikipedia

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    Fireworks produce smoke and dust that may contain residues of heavy metals, sulfur-coal compounds and some low concentration toxic chemicals. These by-products of fireworks combustion will vary depending on the mix of ingredients of a particular firework.

  9. Chemical used in fireworks and rocket fuel discovered in ...

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    Consumer Reports found the chemical in about 67% of the nearly 200 samples of supermarket and fast food items it tested. Consumer Reports found perchlorate in about 67% of the nearly 200 samples ...