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Topic: fireworks

A fireworks display lights up the night sky (file photograph)
New Science
Friday, 7/3, 02:22 AM

The chemistry behind the colors in a fireworks display

  • With Fourth of July skies about to fill with color, the burst of red, green and gold overhead is a chemistry lesson in disguise.
  • Each hue comes from a specific element heated until it glows — and one color in particular has long been the trade's hardest trick.

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