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Beckett Ridge Golf Club 5595 Beckett Ridge Blvd West Chester, OH 45069 Tel: 513-874-2710 Oasis Conference Center 902 Loveland Miamiville Road, Loveland, OH 45140 Tel: 513-583-8383 Country Clubs Bel-Wood Country Club 5873 Ludlum Road, Morrow, Ohio 45152 Tel: 513-899-3361 Dearborn Country Club 170 Country Club Road, Aurora, IN 47001 Tel: 812-926-3198 Ft. Mitchell Country Club 250 Fort Mitchell Avenue, Fort Mitchell, KY 41011-2636 Tel: 859-331-1300 Ivy Hills Country Club 7711 Ivy Hills Blvd, Cincinnati, OH 45244 Tel: 513-561-9119 Resorts Lake Lyndsay 4845 Augspurger Road, Hamilton, OH 45011 Tel: 513-868-8555 Belterra Resort Indiana 777 Belterra Drive, Florence, Indiana 47020 Tel: 812-427-777 Historic Estates Pinecroft at Crosley Estate 2366 Kipling Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45239 Tel: 513-376-8163 Veraestau / Mission Heights 4696 Veraestau Lane, Aurora, IN 47001-9406 Tel: 812-926-0983
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![]() I am frequently asked about the science of fireworks by students who wish to make fireworks the subject for their school projects. It is a fascinating subject and excellent for studying chemistry. The most common question I have always been asked is, “what chemicals make the colors in fireworks.” The answer is the color of fireworks is actually produced by burning elements. If you have ever taken a chemistry class, you might have performed a flame test. The flame test is used to visually determine the identity of an unknown metal or metal ion based on the characteristic color the salt turns the flame of a bunsen burner. The heat of the flame excites the electrons of the metals ions, causing them to emit visible light. Every element has a signature emission spectrum that can be used to differentiate between one element and another. In making fireworks, we use this characteristic nature of chemicals to produce our colors. Strontium compounds produce red, sodium and iron produce yellow, magnesium and aluminum produce bright white, barium salts produce green and copper compounds produce blue. These color producing compounds are mixed with oxidizers, fuels, binders and color enhancers to produce the burning “Stars,” that you see in fireworks. The most common fuels we use are charcoal, aluminum and red gum. Oxidizers, like potassium nitrate and potassium perchlorate, provide the oxygen needed to burn the fuel and binders, like dextrin, hold the mixture together. These chemical mixtures are well – blended in order to make a consistent, homogeneous mix. They are then wet and either rolled into little balls or pressed into cylindrical shapes and dried. In order to insure that they ignite well, they are coated with a black powder prime and then they are ready to be packed into a firework shell, mine or many other types of effects. |
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