What’s gives fireworks their colors 🤔

[@kingkoollgs]

Thank you Mr. White

[@arkadeepm]

Found it !

[@ARSHNawaz-xb2oy]

Search for your comments

[@kingkoollgs]

@@arkadeepm what did I miss?

[@spokii.i]

AYE SAME PFP ‼️‼️‼️

[@niklasuwu]

​@@spokii.iyou summond the vaping cats

[@YippyKiaYay91]

It's crazy, how when copper rusts it turns green, also burns green too.

[@LachlanJeffreyDrew]

Horseshoe crabs have blue blood because of the copper in their blood compared to are red blood with iron

[@JN-eq3gl]

Rust is oxidation. I guess burning too is a form of oxidation.

[@priyangshusarmah6633]

Rusting is just slow burning

[@Itec0ntest]

Both processes are same thing - oxidation. The only difference is speed. Fast is fire, slow is rust.

[@nickkwame]

It also depends on the ionization properties of different copper ions... i.e Cu+ -much more of blue...... Cu2+ much more of green

[@lewischacon6009]

These kind of videos are Gold.

[@samdowner1792]

Why?

[@lewischacon6009]

@@samdowner1792They just have that same feel of the educational videos that we’d get shown in school back in the 90s.

[@Mitz12]

No, fire

[@stoic195]

I see what you did there....GOLD (Au)

[@crostirsterqi3065]

@@samdowner1792Because unlike the useless mind trap that media has become, these actually give information

[@minetdbrogs9386]

You nailed it...green ...also hardest to get in other experiments

[@drizzyfest6285]

Not true

[@likitadevi]

Titration pink left the chat 😅

[@SilntObsvr]

Potassium *should* give a faint violet -- but it's almost impossible to get potassium salts that aren't contaminated with a trace of sodium, and the yellow flare of the sodium covers the potassium's faint violet. Look through a piece of cobalt glass, however, and it'll filter out the sodium yellow and allow you to see the potassium violet.

[@areyouavinalaff]

Thanks Walter

[@Eden07211]

Exactly what i was thinking. 😮 i just thought that potassium gives violet color, but here it didn't

[@marcorossi4008]

Wow I wouldn't ever known if you wouldn't have wrote it, cheers dude !

[@felpshehe]

I once got the violet flame burning dried shrooms. Only for a second tho, before the other stuff gets carbonized and then you only get the carbon orange

[@monkeyking2030]

Plastic also gives off green color

[@4t0mic_J3sk0]

& my favorite overall, uranium, giving out a huge 20-mile blast range flame

[@ABCXYZG]

lmaooooo

[@yudoball]

Color: cancer

[@DoctorDeadMoth]

Thats not how that works

[@Klonter77]

IT also glows in the dark 😊

[@zahirmurji]

That’s funny 😄. But it doesn’t work that way.

[@susanegley4149]

Science is so cool. I wish I appreciated it when I was in school.

[@edwsantos633]

You still live in the world man, thus still being able to contemplate at daily phenomena. Never is too late to get interested AND learn something, science is useful and fun!

[@susanegley4149]

@edwsantos633 I do learn all the time! What I was referring to, is that I wish I had made a career in the sciences. I'm an old lady now. But I do appreciate the pep talk! ❤️

[@abhishekbiswas7048]

Science is cool until you have to memorize which gives what colour

[@salabhsg]

​@@susanegley4149 Never too late.

[@MrPilotStunts]

I came here to say it's never late and you're ready when you're ready. I'm glad it's become common knowledge.

[@ssimplicity_]

A little clarification on potassium. It’s color spectrum should be violet but it is really easy for it to be covered up by other trace elements. A caveat to this is looking at the flame through a cobalt glass piece.

[@averagebear007]

We did this experiment in 7th grade science class! More than 20 years later and it still sticks in my brain as one of my favorite, most memorable science lessons ever!!

[@alexanderstoev2350]

I did it in 8th grade but it was great I still have the video saved from when we did it

[@MuhammadSultan-zj1uk]

Same derby

[@Naruto31132]

It was nice for me too, but then this idiot kid was being loud and obnoxious with some girl, and when caught by the teachsr to move to his own chair, he just dragged it. Annoying screech. I can tell the teacher's happy mood was ruined. 😢

[@samanthabolduc3238]

Pretty sure it's not done anymore.

[@sweetsunnyvibes]

​@@Naruto31132sounds like 313

[@pineappleman570]

This is how shorts should be. No clickbait, no screaming at me, no looping

[@catchphase]

No bs looping* some loops are really creative and are a great use of the platform, but the people that just say "and that's howwww... Fireworks get their colour from different elements," suck.

[@JPeetjuh]

No asking to like and subscribe

[@SentiMental5414]

@@catchphase its not even impressive honestly

[@z0ru4_]

Meh looping can be

[@tko8507]

No subtitling every single word individually as it’s spoken

[@pranav3833]

Li:- Crimson Red Na:- yellow K:- lilac Rb:- voilet-pink Cs:- blue Ca:- brick red Sr:- crimson red Ba:- apple green And so on these are just s block elements!

[@Krzysix.io11]

Forgot about Cu Cu in pyro gives blue

[@Krzysix.io11]

Cs is too expensive to use in pyrotechnics

[@PrismPlaysGames57]

Uranium?

[@bettafish541]

​@@PrismPlaysGames57mushroom

[@austinasbury5823]

Does this correlate with the elements and their frequencies in regards to wavelength and color or is this unrelated?

[@RapinatorOhYeah]

One of my favorite is probably Boron with the green. We test it with Boric acid and it's cool af.

[@chaitanyadhondkar8778]

Such contents are needed sir.. Instead of useless shorts 🙏

[@ThatGuy-pe8mj]

What’s actually happening here is the electrons in ions are able to move through energy levels in their shells releasing excess energy in the form of light with different energies having different places on the wave length , which is also why all the transition metals have various oxidation states and form different colours depending on which ion it is .

[@whizle5585]

at first i expected that he will explain like this but he just burned different molecules lol

[@xalovaid3693]

​@@whizle5585 It is a great video regardless

[@stephencovert2467]

Dope...

[@Terminator_48]

It’s those good old partially filled d orbitals

[@nemesheesh897]

You mean transition metals have variable oxidation state due to d-d transition? Lol

[@maxtheflsh]

I wish I had you as my science teacher, you’re so easy to listen to

[@Sedona_FD3S]

Well yea its just a few clips

[@DrACO1268]

Apart from fireworks, This is actually a "Flame test" which is use for detecting metal ions based on their colors they give off when they are heated. This is usually for identifying alkalis and alkaline earth metals which are well known for their distinctive flames. Wire loop is used in this, which is first dipped in HCl then it's moisten with distilled water. After this they are dipped into powdered metal salt samples and finally the wire is then put in special type of flame "Bunsen Burners flame"(also in the video) then these flames are observed.

[@doidowitzki3938]

Dude explains firework colors and is lowkey enjoying chemical fumes like a boss

[@ymo297]

Natsuki pfp

[@cameronno3740]

how bad is this genuinely though? i remember in school like 30 kids all doing this in a classroom

[@creeper7444]

This doesn't produce "chemical fumes" in the sense of toxic gases being released.

[@guysumpthin2974]

Gives (strontium) toxicity to the water wells , along with bone deformities

[@granny_egohsa2488]

Nice pfp

[@Withjoyfulsenescence]

10yrs and I still remember this from class. Because it’s just so brilliant!

[@chicken]

Learning how fireworks get their colors is so fascinating, science is truly magical and beautiful.

[@dr.meghanadatar7603]

You againnn!??!! 🥴😶

[@IMAGINE-g3m]

Ur everywhere 😬😵‍💫😵

[@YourAveragePredator]

You should.watch Dr. Stone if you like science.

[@Theamazingcarrot904]

Chicken????

[@poulamipodder3821]

This is called flame photometry used for analysis to detect elements by their colour

[@gimpfoot]

Fun fact. The reason most fireworks aren’t the beautiful blue color is because it cost way more money and is harder to source than the other elements.

[@Fadz-zg6bt]

You mean blue there's no blue firework

[@bitonic589]

I see green fireworks all the time

[@joshcantrell8397]

I thought that was for blue

[@gimpfoot]

@@Fadz-zg6bt I changed it. Yes it’s blue. But green. All tho sometimes it’s a bluish green but I meant to put blue. Thank you

[@fadingsolstice]

Are there purple ones?

[@onazram1]

Love when he sprinkled a mixture of them all into a burning flask! The colors were so beautiful..

[@t4tparler]

retake hs chem

[@Narxes081206]

In case you missed it, it's because electrons are getting excited, moving to a higher energy level, and then falling back down. The "falling" back down releases photons. The change in energy the electron experiences equates to the wavelength of light emitted. Each element has it's own unique emission spectra.

[@CeRz]

This is the highschool explanation. The complexity goes a bit deeper than that due to orbitals and the spins of the electrons.

[@blinkybli8326]

Tha

[@johndoe7017]

@@CeRzit’s a good enough explanation for the average Joe. It’s not really necessary to go into the spin orbital coupling and the energy corrections to the Bohr model. Just saying that there are discrete energies that the electrons can occupy is fine

[@CeRz]

@@johndoe7017 I agree. But I never added any personal values that it was a bad explanation or "unfine" to leave out the fine structures of the atoms. Only because I say that it's a highschool explanation; that implies not any negative connotations. As with everything, nature is more complex as made to be, more times than not. The purpose of my comment was to make a remark, if anyone is interested, to dive deeper into orbitals and the spins of electrons, because there is quite a lot of research.

[@DB-de2ht]

​@@CeRz what's the point of correcting someone just to drop jargon? Provide a deeper explanation or tell people what to google. Otherwise you're just denigrating an explanation with a lot of predictive power.

[@lunaflower07]

I did this in my chemistry class, and i loved doing it. That's probably why I'm going into a science field after high school. Because it interesting how different elements on the periodic table can make a reaction with fire to make different colors

[@Null_Chess]

Great now try uranium 👍

[@Thatoneguyfromtheinternet]

😂😂

[@PVMAS07]

the color revel would be a mind-blowing banger

[@boodledemic6430]

Boom

[@creepercat-]

I don’t think you’d get the chance to process what colour it is before it kills you

[@averagegamerunderyourbed1818]

Ok now thats just down bad 😂

[@SkyeBerryJam]

I LOVE green fire

[@yourerightimwrong4567]

My eyes love the lithium, my brain needs the lithium.

[@MsSuperww]

Me too! It's beautiful!

[@Mr_Jingles111]

it's like looking closely at an aurora borealis

[@stevehope6283]

Who doesn't??😂

[@Randy-ry9ss]

The green blue combination is beautiful.......

[@mannat2543]

The flame of lithium chliride and Copper are fascinating 😍😍

[@MIhsan-nw2rc]

“And Magnesium gives you a bright white color”

[@Dunswap]

moments before disaster

[@Winter-w9v]

​@@Dunswapwhy is it dangerous to flame test magnesium can you please reply I don't know .

[@pavanaithal972]

​@@Winter-w9v if you put magnesium in fire it burns so bright that if you see it with bare eyes you will go blind temporarily

[@季悦ふぁん]

@@Winter-w9v No, thats fine if you flame test a pure magnesium strip.

[@Winter-w9v]

@@季悦ふぁん ohh ok thanks for answering😊

[@Raining345]

Realizing he used the word ‘brilliant’ as a descriptor too many times, and switching it up was a class act. Great demo, sir!

[@Anatomicalgyan]

This principle is used in flame photometry It is used to determine the salt conc As different salt exhibit different colour the intensity of colur is depend on cnc of salt

[@akazatextingstories]

In chemistry rn, good to know! I already knew Copper makes a lovely green, but never the other elements, fascinating!

[@madabbafan]

actually potassium gives a purple/lilac colour. The yellow/orange is due to sodium impurities. Using cobalt blue glass blocks this out and the lilac can be easily seen

[@alexchablis7183]

This was actually very interesting ❤❤

[@AidanS99]

This reminds me of this “crazy fire” product I bought when I was a kid. It was essentially all these salts mixed together and a purple salt which we threw in a camp fire to make a rainbow camp fire.

[@yashrajsinhrathva8681]

Lithium chlorid and copper it's flames is amazing 😊 I love it 🤩

[@eamonia]

Yeah, it's a toss-up between Lithium Chloride and Copper for me. Those _crazy_ shades of emerald greens from the copper and the wild, pinkish reds from the Lithium Chloride are just mesmerizing. What would happen if you mixed them? Do you think they would react seperately from each other causing two distinctly different colored flames or could they be mixed to produce what I would guess to be a kind of darker, orangish/brownish color? Do you think you might be able to test that out for us? Pretty please with whipped cream and sprinkles and a cherry on top? You could try mixing all sorts of different combinations, it would be so much fun!

[@_bvck]

I mean they shouldn’t react together as that’s not a reversible reaction (only CuCl2 + Li works, not the other way) so I imagine it would be two distinct colours, just a bit messy looking so it would probably appear a bit brownish/murky. That’s just a guess off pure theoreticals though.

[@Road2PBATour]

This was my favorite lesson of physical science

[@raytvmy]

Can you mix them to create more colours? E.g. yellow+blue=green?

[@pkpb8133]

Not really. You might get streaks of the mixed colour, but most of it burn separately.

[@DJ_Force]

Yellow and blue don't make green. At least, not with light, and with true blue. Yellow and blue make white. Yellow dye (like a marker) and CYAN (like the sky) dye do make green, because yellow dye absorbs blue light, and cyan dye absorbs red light, leaving the green.

[@soisaus564]

just put the fire in a blender for 30 minutes

[@angelorahulpinto3383]

Booooom

[@jorgeporras9262]

Like @DJ_Force explained we're talking about different ways to combine color here. Schools never teach you this but combining light colors (like on a screen or a colored flashlight) is totally different than combining pigment colors (like with paints, which is what they teach at schools).

[@ZGames...Yes.]

lol I learned that last year in chem class, it’s amazing what a small change in elemental compounds can make

[@mirrorreflection3479]

I wasted learning chemistry the hard way while the real practical and simple explanation is right here...

[@projectshield-j9r]

The Hard part is: how do they get their color

[@AR-jq1hs]

Man, I remember when chemistry sets actually had those chemicals in them! Those were the days!!!

[@JediLoreen]

I had a chemistry set in the 1960s.😊 This demonstration was WEAK. 🤨🤔👎

[@quickwimnl]

I love the lights of the firetrucks.

[@Lets_Go_Canes]

Amen

[@StevenMcSteve]

@@yunggoosbumps215it really didn't kill the possibility for kids to get I to science lmao, giving kids lithium to play with would be a stupid idea, most of those kits were banned because they realised they let kids play with dangerous substances not because people were using it for nefarious schemes

[@coldbinterp]

2 (Na, K) of these can bought from any grocery shop, 2 (Li, Cu) are commonly included in chemistry kits and the strontium salt is easily and legally bought online in any western nation. In the UK almost no chemicals are outright banned for educational use, search "Royal Society of Chemistry - Surely that's banned" for a great article talking about it. If they are harder to find in the States, it's likely due to the threat of lawsuits as opposed to actual legislation banning them. The main barrier to kids trying this is overprotective/uninterested parents and teachers.

[@-huihuiza-6874]

Mix them all together and you get rainbow fire😊 it was one of the greatest things ive seen ❤

[@rsridhar63]

This understanding is the basis for amazing fireworks...

[@zsombororovec645]

Can you make it white it would be so cool

[@theview911]

I wish our teacher showed us this in school

[@somebodysson227]

Your teacher probably showed you all of this and more.. you just didn’t care. Me neither. Get over it or relearn it.

[@StevenMcSteve]

Tf school did you go to? Every school I went to we were shown this practically every other year

[@calinorcal]

@@StevenMcStevenot mine

[@jadedragon8548]

​@@somebodysson227 what a weird response to someone saying they wished they would've learned a specific thing in school. Why's it so shameful to you that they weren't taught this?

[@somebodysson227]

@@jadedragon8548 it’s not shameful. As someone who didn’t make use of everything that was offered to me in school, I find excuses like that childish. Just learn it if you want to learn it. Don’t bash your teachers who most definitely taught such a basic concept more than once. It’s all about accountability

[@samuelplyler1511]

Sodium lights is how Disney did the special effects for Mary Poppins back in the day as they could use a filter to remove that color from the background and then had another camera that was aimed at a special prism being used with this filter to have only the yellow color showing on that film, making it so there was a map of where the animations for each frame would need to be and unlike with modern green screens this methode also preserved transparant effects from clothing (lace, frills, etc) and from where your hair parts when it moves around. Cool how this same scientific knowledge can be used in such varied applications.

[@KellyJean-gj5fu]

Thanks for going into it, I'm a fan

[@tuuyen0907]

I love how he look and explain it so calmly

[@ebbewertz3417]

Who saw struggling for half a second: why is my potassium not purple? 😂 Scientists can relate

[@xalovaid3693]

Yeah 😂

[@nemesheesh897]

You don't need to be a scientist for this, it's just basic HS chemistry

[@xalovaid3693]

@@nemesheesh897 I believe what he meant isnt about potassium color. It is about inconsistency of theory and actual result. Which most scientist could relate (In which that also their field). Well, I am not saying HS student could not relate, but I hope you got what I meant.

[@nemesheesh897]

@@xalovaid3693 Oh I get it now

[@Mark.OnEarth]

You have the same pfp as @KnowArt

[@Planktonai1]

Now that u chose ur color. Choose ur lightsaber

[@stachutoziomal3655]

What about gold, purple, blue and pink fireworks?

[@beanMcboi]

Purple: potassium salt Blue: copper (I) salt Pink: lithium chloride Gold: Sodium salt ( + my fav) green: copper (II) salt

[@Amethiist143]

We did this in science class, by far my favourite experiment! The green fire was otherworldly

[@AstraL1zard]

Best I can do is jump to a higher energy level

[@_Loish_]

Dr Stone?

[@Kalyan006-j4q]

No he is Dr walter white he's a chemistry teacher and a drug maker (not actually this guy he's from breaking bad series) not Dr stone he's just a young man tho😅

[@harps4507]

This is how we found out the elements of the sun and why we have no idea what is inside a black hole.

[@T.Harrington-y7p]

Beautiful - we need this early in school.

[@MJY5drives]

My 11th grade Chemistry teacher on a random Thursday:

[@amitvaghela245]

Uncle we casually learnt that in Doctor stone episode 2 🤣🤣🤣

[@abtahiuddinemad4421]

Was thinking the same thing 😂

[@jericodimaano97]

RAINBOW BRIDGE!!!! 🔥

[@amitvaghela245]

@@jericodimaano97 yesssss

[@platskall4373]

Was looking to see if anyone said that

[@smileyguy113]

What color would uranium be? Asking for a friend...

[@swapankumarbagchi3876]

It glows blue my friend with black body radiation

[@LachlanJeffreyDrew]

@@swapankumarbagchi3876 I thought it only did that in water and it was a different nuclear isotope not uranium?

[@johndoe7017]

@@LachlanJeffreyDrewthat’s Cherenkov radiation which is from high energy particles moving faster than the speed of light in that medium

[@NikeshBossGaming]

Lithium chloride & copper & strontium are my favs! ❤

[@Yuzugumi000]

How is this on the lungs?

[@Tm-dn9ob]

Not bad…. It’s pretty trace in the air

[@cband8030]

Oh no, we’ve got a KZbin scientist doomsday prepper in the comments.

[@turolretar]

I smoke copper and I’m still alive

[@trevis2529]

What about uranium chloride??

[@lordreega8994]

what about uranium?

[@MaestroPhillip]

😈

[@kakashiuchv.2461]

Flame photometry is used to determine the metals present in solution.. this is used for analysis both qualitative and quantitative

[@rougewolfyt4158]

I braze copper pipes for hvac and it pretty dang cool to see that green flame come thought once it’s hot enough

[@TheRainWorldCreature]

Thanks! Imma light my phone battery on fire and see if it turns red!

[@TheRainWorldCreature]

Help house gone

[@Cfundodubes]

@@TheRainWorldCreature bro don't involve us please

[@XxThatGuyxX]

😂😂😂​@@TheRainWorldCreature

[@alex_issad]

What about pink?

[@kingofcurses5295]

did you even try watching the video

[@moony5097]

Dude. Watch the vid

[@alex_issad]

I did there was no pink

[@Louise-Belcher]

​@alex_shadow_is_me Lithium chloride, it's the second one, its Redish hot pink

[@deetlebugg5761]

I remember this lab from highschool chem, one of my faves.

[@The_lethal_kid]

What about magnesium

[@BoilerOfSeasFallerOfStars]

I think it burns a bright white color (don’t stare at it)

[@mystik1483]

White and it can damage your eyes

[@garyi.2954]

Question is WHY do different elements give off different colors?

[@mlyw7918]

This is a high school chemistry question

[@ethanhogg1098]

It’s to do with the difference between energy levels that the excited electrons travel between. The difference between these levels is unique for every element

[@eddiedelgado7725]

@@ethanhogg1098don’t think that’s what he meant lol

[@WizardAmbrose]

​@@eddiedelgado7725It is bruv. Flame tests rely on the energy required for the valence electrons of said element to go into the excited state. That high energy from the flame on it makes them emit light in the coloured spectrum as in the visible region.

[@BeybladeTurkey]

​@@mlyw7918if you know, tell us! Don t speak like zutupod!!!

[@jayfleen2936]

Bro just inhaling allat

[@chrisbrockmyre6992]

This dude would be a fun chemistry teacher

[@djcfrompt]

Potassium should burn lilac/purple, no? I suspect your potassium is contaminated with sodium.

[@Nature-o9x]

Yea?

[@HeisLeg3nd]

So red or yellow or orange….Like normal fire…but sometimes greenish blue…which is kinda normal fire too.

[@Haemoglobuli]

So?

[@paycesherrill6024]

Now do magnesium

[@sigmaoctantis5083]

Magnesium is rather boring for the flame test, its salts do not give any notable color. The bright white, uv-rich light of burning magnesium metal is something different.

[@LouisCollison-rj5ks]

I love an educational and entertaining video!

[@_w_a_t_e_r]

Now do Uranium🤓

[@cruze86]

😂

[@iqmalizzuddin619]

sayonara

[@psynite69]

Copper : Avadaa Kadavraa

[@EFT_Plumbing]

This is something we should all learn about not bullshit

[@LilTachanka]

if you took chemisty in highschool, you did learn it

[@Claucres009]

We did these in my 8th grade science class and it was so cool trying them and seeing all the colors the different elements produced when burned

[@raptordarwish887]

Aight, I'm making a lightsaber out of this

[@imJoshua91]

Agreed lol 😂

[@johndoe7017]

If I remember correctly the hacksmith made a handheld version of this that does exactly what you’re looking for

[@dilshan100]

Godzilla

[@jit8457]

This is my class 10 science exhibition topic colouration of flames❤

[@ClockworkVaudevillian1]

I remember doing this in my 8th grade science class! It was the best one I did that year (other than studying the chemical reactions that cause ice cream ingredients to turn into ice cream ;))

[@lilienherz3573]

I still know when we first learned this in school and we were so fascinated about this and excited when we got to try different elements out. Our teacher promised ous to make sparklers before christmashollidays but sadly we got in a lockdown until the end of the schoolyear and then she retired... And imo lithium and potassium (when it is purple) are the most beautiful ones.

[@Paletteperfection-r8r]

Lithium chloride and copper gives very beautiful colour of flame ❤💚

[@ShivduM]

This video is gold and I fell in love with copper flame.

[@AcademicsR]

Flame test. One of the most favourite tests of a chemist's life.

[@_G.I.A_]

I did an element project on Lithium and one of the topic I talked about was the color it gave off in fireworks!

[@yatirajn1593]

It's an absolute example for perfect reel

[@samridhsingrawat]

Zinc gives white dazzling flame

[@devarshmakwana9723]

Good explanation 👍

[@farah_0007]

We did an experiment of this last semester! It still amazes me!

[@aadhthya822]

Try uranium in part 2

[@rameshjain1227]

U are great I am amazed to this kind of practical given by you

[@somirpaul5920]

We do these in our chemistry practical lab ❤ and its so amazing for us❤

[@ikjrblx]

This was so cool when I did this experiment in person during one of my science classes 🔥

[@JeevaSri-jr5ru]

It's soo satisfying 😃😃

[@a84jdu3uc7d]

my favorite is the pink lithium flame, it looks magical

[@jumpscare101]

This is probably my favorite lab out of my chemistry class