print email comment close Chemical of the Week: Fireworks URL: http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/chemweek/fireworks/fireworks.htm Description: This explanation of the chemistry of fireworks discusses the compounds that produce specific colors of fireworks, the production and ignition of fireworks, the reactions (oxidations and reductions) that cause the explosions, fireworks safety, and the origins of gunpowder. From a chemistry professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Author: Shakhashiri, Bassam Z. Publisher: University of Wisconsin, Madison LII Database Information: Record 24061 created by Jennifer English on 06/19/2007 Last modification on 06/25/2007 Published: 06/27/2007   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24061