Ever wonder what gives fireworks their colors? Chemical elements, the fundamental units of all matter on Earth, are the answer. But which elements make which colors? CLICK BELOW for an interactive ...

A staple for summertime activities- fireworks! Where do they get their characteristic color from? I traveled down to the College of Charleston’s general chemistry lab to show you. What we’ll be ...

As shells are shot out of cannons across the country, millions of pounds of fireworks will be blown open into the sky tonight. But just what's behind those rockets' red glares, what's inside those ...

GOES DOWN WITH CLEAR SKIES AND LOW HUMIDITY. AND MAYBE YOU WANT TO TAKE A SCREENSHOT OF THIS. IT’S THE SCIENCE BEHIND WHY FIREWORKS CAN BE DIFFERENT COLORS, DIFFERENT ELEMENTS BUILT INTO THE FIREWORKS ...

There are hundreds of chemical formulas – or as I like to think of them, pyrotechnic recipes – for fireworks. These recipes ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - One of the questions that comes up every year after the Western & Southern/WEBN Fireworks is: how do they do that? When each element burns, it creates a different color, which is ...

(The Conversation) – In the earliest days of the United States, John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail about the celebration of independence, “It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Many of us will sit back this Fourth of July to take in dazzling fireworks shows — but have you ever wondered how fireworks get their colors? Meteorologist Kristen Currie showed us the ...

Fireworks get their colors from metal salts in the explosive mixture. Some of the elements used in fireworks are also present in the human body, and without them, life would be impossible. Potassium, ...

In the earliest days of the United States, John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail about the celebration of independence, “It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, ...