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1. • • In all cases, a lift charge launches the firework upward from within a tube, igniting the fuse, which then burns until it ignites the burst charge, which heats and distributes the stars over a large volume of space.
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   Can space-enabled fireworks explode?

   • Unless your fireworks were specially designed for bursting in space, their colors would quickly fizzle out. “There may be some color in the initial explosion,” says Bossmann, “but it wouldn’t be half as spectacular as what you see on the Fourth of July.” Even with space-enabled fireworks, a burst wouldn’t have any thunder.

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   What causes a firework to detonate?

   • Because the firework is encased within a launch tube, the acceleration is always in the desired direction: upward. The lift charge, during the process of combustion, ignites the main fuse, which will cause the firework to detonate when it reaches the black powder inside.

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   What chemical reactions go into a fireworks display?

   • 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.

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   What causes a firework to lift?

   • The start of any firework is the launch aspect: the initial explosion that causes the lift. Ever since fireworks were first invented more than a millennium ago, the same three simple ingredients have been at the heart of them: sulfur, charcoal, and a source of potassium nitrate.

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   What makes a firework burst?

   • These capsules are what ultimately force the firework to burst apart. Also contained within these pellets is the colorant and the binder. The colorant chemicals help determine the different colors we see, and the binder — often a type of starch called dextrin — binds the fuel, oxidizer, and colorant together within the pellets.

   The chemistry behind a firework explosion

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   What would happen if fireworks didn't have oxygen?

   • Without additional oxygen provided by Earth's atmosphere, fireworks wouldn't behave the same way as they do on Earth.

   Here's what would happen if you lit a firework in space

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3. www.sciencefocus.com › space › fireworks-in-spaceHere's what would happen if you lit a firework in space

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   In space, however, they would move much faster and further. On the Moon, for example, a rocket could travel six times as high as on Earth. This would mean the most powerful mortar-launched fireworks could easily reach several kilometres above the Moon’s surface before exploding.

4. www.smithsonianmag.com › science-nature › in-spaceIn Space, Flames Behave in Ways Nobody Thought Possible

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   The upward flow of air is what gives a flame its teardrop shape and causes it to flicker. But odd things happen in space, where gravity loses its grip on solids, liquids and gases.

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   Mar 24, 2023 · Fireworks would emit almost no color or sound in outer space. Vladi333/Shutterstock. However, if you are hoping for a spectacular fireworks show in outer space, set against the backdrop of the solar system, you are unfortunately likely to be disappointed.

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   Jul 4, 2024 · The start of any firework is the launch aspect: the initial explosion that causes the lift. Ever since fireworks were first invented more than a millennium ago, the same three simple ingredients...

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   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.

10. www.theverge.com › 2015/7/3 › 8886697The chemistry behind a firework explosion

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    Jul 3, 2015 · When the packets explode, the chemical elements emit light, and the colorant produces very specific wavelengths that can be seen by the naked eye. The colors you see all depend on the different...

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    Jul 3, 2013 · That chemistry is not reliant upon oxygen, and similar reactions are responsible for powering space-shuttle thrusters and other large space-borne rockets. The trouble would come after...