![]() ![]() ![]() On his message, he told his wife that it would be nice to celebrate the independence of America from England with fireworks. A letter from John Adams to his wife, Abigail, on July 3, 1776, started the tradition of using fireworks every Fourth of July.However, for safety purposes, Disneyland make use of compressed air instead. Gunpowder is traditionally used to launch fireworks.Even after centuries, there’s still no solid chemistry to produce blue fireworks. Blue is notoriously known as the most difficult pyrotechnic color to create. To create green fireworks, barium is required. Orange fireworks come from calcium while yellow fireworks are produced from sodium. Silver and white fireworks are results of titanium and magnesium. ![]() To produce red fireworks, strontium and lithium are needed. They essentially “get excited”, so they release their energy in light form. When the elements burn, the hot temperature triggers their electrons. ![]()
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