Re: Fire Works

[John Cooper <jcooper@BUCKNELL.EDU>]

On Fri, 2 Jun 2000, Jim Green wrote:

> Where can I look up the formulations for firework displays?  Which salts
> give off what colors?  And how are the explosive bangs made?
>
> TX
>
> Jim Green
> mailto:JMGreen@sisna.com
> http://users.sisna.com/jmgreen
  The Chemistry of Fireworks, John A Conklin, Chemical and Engineering
News 29 June 1981 pp. 24 -32 and references cited therein.
  Conklin was then an Assoc. Prof. Chemistry at Washington College,
Chestertown MD and executive director of the American Pyrotechnics
Association.  Those might give leads to more up-to-date info.

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