What simple chemical reaction occurs in fireworks?
How do fireworks work chemistry?
What is the chemical equation for fireworks?
Why are fireworks a spontaneous reaction?
What can you tell us about the chemical reactions that go into a fireworks display? Traditionally, three reagents, potassium nitrate, carbon, and sulfur, make gunpowder. You’re doing a combustion reaction out of those types of materials that creates this detonation explosion.
Metal salts commonly used in firework displays include: strontium carbonate (red fireworks), calcium chloride (orange fireworks), sodium nitrate (yellow fireworks), barium chloride (green fireworks) and copper chloride (blue fireworks).
The explosion of fireworks is an exothermic redox reaction. The fuel oxidizes (burns) quickly, causing a great buildup in pressure that eventually leads to solids and gases bursting across the sky in colorful patterns.
The explosion of fireworks is an example of chemical change. During a chemical change, substances are changed into different substances. Another words, the composition of the substance changes.
Explosion of fireworks is a chemical change because it is the oxidation, or combustion, of some metal salts with charcoal and sulfur or similar to…
combustion
Two simple reactions occur in fireworks: combustion and oxidation. Combustion provides the heat needed for rapid oxidation.
