FIREWORKS

BUNESCU ANA BEATRICE

 WHAT ARE THE FIREWORKS?

• Fireworks are a class of low explosive pyrotechnic devices used for aesthetic
and entertainment purposes.

• Fireworks take many forms to produce the four primary effects: noise, light,
smoke, as well as floating materials (confetti most notably). They may be
designed to burn with colored flames and sparks including red, orange, yellow,
green, blue, purple and silver.
FIRST FIREWORKS

• In China, during the Han dynasty people threw

bamboo stems into a fire to produce an explosion
with a loud sound. In later times, gunpowder packed
into small containers was used to mimic the sounds
of burning bamboo.
• During the Song dynasty that people manufactured
the first firecrackers comprising tubes made from
rolled sheets of paper containing gunpowder and a
fuse.
 Copper compounds glow
COLORS green or blue-green in a
flame

• Colors in fireworks are usually generated by

pyrotechnic stars, which produce intense light
when ignited. Stars contain five basic types of
ingredients.
• A fuel
• An oxidizer—a compound that combines with the
fuel to produce intense heat
• Color-producing salts (when the fuel itself is not
the colorant)
• A binder which holds the pellet together.
 Color Metal Example compounds
SrCO3 (strontium
Strontium (intense red)
Red carbonate)Li2CO3 (lithium carbonate)
Lithium (medium red)
LiCl (lithium chloride)
Orange Calcium CaCl2 (calcium chloride)
Yellow Sodium NaNO3 (sodium nitrate)
Green Barium BaCl2 (barium chloride)
CuCl2 (copper chloride), at low
Blue Copper halides
temperature
Indigo Caesium CsNO3 (caesium nitrate)

Potassium KNO3 (potassium
Violet
Rubidium (violet-red) nitrate)RbNO3 (rubidium nitrate)
 Titanium metal can be burned as
Ti Titanium powder or flakes to produce silver
sparks.
Aluminium metal is used to
produce silver and white flames
Al Aluminium
and sparks. It is a common
component of sparklers.

Zirconium, like titanium, burns to

Zr Zirconium produce oxides that emit brightly. It
is used in "waterfalls".

Fe Iron Iron powder is used to produce

sparks in sparklers.
Magnesium metal burns a very
bright white, so it is used to add
Mg Magnesium
white sparks or improve the overall
brilliance of a firework.