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chem help

  • kerbal1234     14th Oct 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    Hi! i am going to buy some chemicals to change the pigment of fire, and was wondering if you guys know any cool chemicals that burn different colors.
    I know:
    lithium chloride
    copper chloride

    and also tell me things that make fire do things, E.G: make noise, make sparks, E.T.C.
  • boxmein     14th Oct 2011 Former Staff 0 Permalink
    I've written down a few, let me see...

    Copper chloride: for a blue flame
    Strontium chloride: for a red flame
    Lithium chloride: for a pink flame
    (The preceding compounds can best be found at fireworks supply companies.)
    Borax laundry detergent: for a light green flame
    Copper sulfate: for a green flame (tree root killer)
    Potassium chloride: for a purple flame (water softener salt)
    Calcium chloride: for a blue flame (de-icer alternative to rock salt)
    Alum: for a green flame (aluminium potassium sulfate, commonly found in spices aisle in grocery store)
    Sodium chloride: for an orange flame (table salt)
    Magnesium sulfate: for a white flame (Epsom salts)
    Also, http://www.freepyroinfo.com/pyrotechnic_chemicals.html
  • kerbal1234     14th Oct 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    thx.
    post chemical AND effect.
    (no explosives. No.)
    Also who knows where you can buy glass petri dishes?
  • cctvdude99     14th Oct 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    I think Copper Sulphate is green... That might be the same as Copper Chloride though...
    :I
    Wait, I just did a google and Copper Chloride is blue, amarite? So if you want green, Copper Sulphate is your chemical.

    http://lmgtfy.com/?q=glass+petri+dish

    Edit: I see boxmein just edited - thanks for confirming my thinking about copper sulphate/sulfate.
  • therocketeer     14th Oct 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    @kerbal1234 (View Post)
    this is a pretty good page on the wiki, I believe it has all of them:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colored_fire
  • el-midgeto     14th Oct 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    Iron fillings, not necessarily a chemical that causes colour change but it gives off an awesome sparkler effect, mainly because that's what they often use in sparklers.
  • BloodLust     14th Oct 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    id suggest looking up how fireworks and fireworks components work, and its not JUST the chemical its the way its mixed/packed/prepared

    and out of curiosity are you by chance a teacher? XD

    i only ask this as this sounds much like a common chemistry lab on either chemistry ( dont remember the precise effect its demonstrating) or on chromaspectroscpy (i think thats the right word )
  • kerbal1234     14th Oct 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    Sweet! thanks! keep posting!
    (can i mix these chemicals?)
    Also i want to know the chemical that makes fire hiss and crackle.

    EDIT:
    @BloodLust (View Post)
    No. i am not even a legal adult.
    XD
  • mniip     14th Oct 2011 Developer 0 Permalink
    try ammonium dichromate!
  • boxmein     14th Oct 2011 Former Staff 0 Permalink
    @kerbal1234
    It'll be a wild New Year's Eve I guess, at least for you blowing up all sorts of kewl powders >_>
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