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  2. 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.

  3. Pyrotechnic colorant - Wikipedia

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    Blue Copper metal Cu Rarely used, other compounds are easier to work with. Yields pretty blue color in ammonium perchlorate based compositions; but reacts with ammonium perchlorate and liberates ammonia in presence of moisture. The composition must be kept dry. Purple Combination of red and blue compounds Sr+Cu Purple Rubidium compounds Rb ...

  4. Flame test - Wikipedia

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    The flame test carried out on a copper halide.The characteristic bluish-green color of the flame is due to the copper. A flame test is relatively quick test for the presence of some elements in a sample.

  5. Color of chemicals - Wikipedia

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    The color of chemicals is a physical property of chemicals that in most cases comes from the excitation of electrons due to an absorption of energy performed by the chemical. The study of chemical structure by means of energy absorption and release is generally referred to as spectroscopy .

  6. Flame - Wikipedia

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    Flames of charcoal. A flame (from Latin flamma) is the visible, gaseous part of a fire.It is caused by a highly exothermic chemical reaction made in a thin zone. [1] When flames are hot enough to have ionized gaseous components of sufficient density, they are then considered plasma.

  7. Fire - Wikipedia

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    Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material (the fuel) in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products. [ 1 ] [ a ] At a certain point in the combustion reaction, called the ignition point, flames are produced.

  8. Indiana plastics fire spewed toxic chemicals, EPA tests find ...

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    A plastics fire in Indiana spewed various toxic chemicals into the air, including hydrogen cyanide and benzene, according to test results from the Environmental Protection Agency.. Officials said ...

  9. List of inorganic pigments - Wikipedia

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    Persian blue: made by grinding up the mineral Lapis lazuli. The most important mineral component of lapis lazuli is lazurite (25% to 40%), a feldspathoid silicate mineral with the formula (Na,Ca) 8 (AlSiO 4) 6 (S,SO 4,Cl) 1–2. Cobalt pigments. Cobalt blue (PB28): cobalt(II) aluminate. Cerulean blue (PB35): cobalt(II) stannate. Cerium uranium ...