FIREWORKS | REAL SCIENCE

200 views · Published 4 November 2016 · 0:54 · Indexed 6 November 2026

Channel: BBC The Social · 2016 · Entertainment

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Are you going to a fireworks display this 5th of November? Do you always wonder how they make different coloured fireworks? Well, wonder no more! Zara's back with another video explaining how fireworks are made different colours by the different metal compounds. Strontium makes red. Copper makes blue, barium makes green, sodium makes gold and strontium and copper make purple.  So now you can impress all your friends at the next display.

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