Fun with pyromania!

[sff_corgi_lj]

All right, so it's way too late for the Mexicans/Latinos, belated for the Canadians, past tense for most Americans... but I'm early for Bastille Day and Guy Fawkes, right? :D

From About.com: The Chemistry of Firework Colors, A Marriage of Art and Science (or, How To Make the Preeeetty Colours)

Color	Compound
Red	strontium salts, lithium salts lithium carbonate, Li2CO3 = red strontium carbonate, SrCO3 = bright red
Orange	calcium salts calcium chloride, CaCl2 calcium sulfate, CaSO4·xH2O, where x = 0,2,3,5
Gold	incandescence of iron (with carbon), charcoal, or lampblack
Yellow	sodium compounds sodium nitrate, NaNO3 cryolite, Na3AlF6
Electric White	white-hot metal, such as magnesium or aluminum barium oxide, BaO
Green	barium compounds + chlorine producer barium chloride, BaCl+ = bright green
Blue	copper compounds + chlorine producer copper acetoarsenite (Paris Green), Cu3As2O3Cu(C2H3O2)2 = blue copper (I) chloride, CuCl = turquoise blue
Purple	mixture of strontium (red) and copper (blue) compounds
Silver	burning aluminum, titanium, or magnesium powder or flakes

[wistfully]  I really wouldn't mind having a fireworks apprenticeship....

Comments

[angelofthenorth.livejournal.com]

your table seems to be broken, at least, it's hurting my friends page :)

And you know that intelligence and pyromania are correlated...

[sff-corgi.livejournal.com]

your table seems to be broken, at least, it's hurting my friends page :)

It's displaying OK for me, so I'm not sure how it's broken -- but I LJ-Cut it for your sanity. ^_^

And you know that intelligence and pyromania are correlated...

Since half the SCAdians I know are both, I'm not surprised, but do you have documentation?

[angelofthenorth.livejournal.com]

I still can't find it. I've had it quoted rather a lot, so it must be true.... *grins*

[sff-corgi.livejournal.com]

Hee.

So... Flist all better now, then?

[angelofthenorth.livejournal.com]

yes, muchly...

thanks