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Fireworks displays have two components: good ol' gunpowder, and a mineral with a distinctive emission spectrum.
You're seeing the photons emitted by a metal salt as its electrons return to ground state following super-heating from ignition.
Oooh!❇️ Aaah! 🎆
You're seeing the photons emitted by a metal salt as its electrons return to ground state following super-heating from ignition.
Oooh!❇️ Aaah! 🎆
a row of different colored flames with the letters li sr na cu and k on the bottom
Alt: a row of different colored flames with the letters li sr na cu and k on the bottom
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December 31, 2024 at 1:30 PM
Fireworks displays have two components: good ol' gunpowder, and a mineral with a distinctive emission spectrum.
You're seeing the photons emitted by a metal salt as its electrons return to ground state following super-heating from ignition.
Oooh!❇️ Aaah! 🎆
You're seeing the photons emitted by a metal salt as its electrons return to ground state following super-heating from ignition.
Oooh!❇️ Aaah! 🎆