The color in fireworks come from metal salts, which are made up of metal and non-metal atoms that create pure, intense colors when burned (they burn via a range of other chemical compounds and ...

(NEXSTAR) — With July 4, and summer in general, upon us, it’s likely that you’re taking in a fireworks show or two. But have you ever wondered what makes the fireworks glow red, blue and nearly every ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – The tradition of lighting fireworks for the Fourth of July takes a lot of chemistry beforehand to make a display look just right. “Fireworks is a combustion reaction in which ...

Gary Souza learned how to play with fire when he was 12. His father, who ran the family’s California-based fireworks business, would drive out to the countryside to test new shells, taking young Gary ...

About a dozen pyrotechnicians with the Greenwood, Missouri-based Wald Fireworks set up nearly 1,700 firework shells – and then set them ablaze – for the annual Stars and Stripes Picnic at the National ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (NEXSTAR) — With July 4, and summer in ...