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How fireworks are made
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The Science of Fireworks
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- 1 Introduction
- 2 Disclaimer
- 3 The experiment
- 4 The three ingredients
- 5 Potassium Nitrate
- 6 Charcoal
- 7 Hydrogen and Oxygen
- 8 Experiment
- 9 Making gunpowder
- 10 The problem
- 11 Commercial gunpowder
- 12 How to burn gunpowder faster
- 13 Testing the predictions
- 14 Thermal runaway
- 15 Confined gunpowder
- 16 Aluminium
- 17 How fireworks are made
- 18 The 8inch mortar
- 19 Categories of fireworks
- 20 Blackmatch
- 21 Plastic Tube
- 22 Plastic Igniter Cord
- 23 Electric Igniter
- 24 Mortars
- 25 Crackle
- 26 Strobing
- 27 The Whistle
