• Hello! Welcome to RED LANTERN fireworks

Red Lantern FireworksRed Lantern FireworksRed Lantern FireworksRed Lantern Fireworks

  • Home
  • Company
  • New Product
  • Celebration
  • Exhibition
  • Policies & Shipping
    • Policies
    • Shipping
  • Forum
  • Home
  • Company News
  • How Are Fireworks Made?

How Are Fireworks Made?

Published by Red Lantern Fireworks at May 24, 2021   Total View : 353

Have you ever seen a fireworks show? It’s the highlight of many Independence Day celebrations. Many other holidays also include a fireworks show. Fireworks light up the night sky with colorful explosions. The sights and sounds of a fireworks show can amaze your senses and lift your spirits.

Experts believe fireworks were invented in China over 1,000 years ago. Today, China is still the largest maker of fireworks in the world. Fireworks may seem like pure magic. But they’re actually pure science! All those different shapes and colors come about as a result of careful planning.

Most kids are familiar with two basic types of fireworks: firecrackers and sparklers. The science behind these two fireworks forms the basis for all other fireworks. Yes, even those spectacular fireworks displays you see in the sky (called aerial fireworks).

Firecrackers are rolled paper tubes filled with black powder (also called gunpowder). They might also be filled with flash paper and a fuse. When you light the fuse of a firecracker, the fire burns along the fuse. Eventually, it reaches the powder. When it does, the firecracker explodes.

Sparklers are different. There’s no explosion. Instead, sparklers make bright, sparkly light for about a minute. The bright sparks you see are usually burning bits of dust. That dust is made of metals, such as aluminum, iron, steel, zinc, or magnesium.

Aerial fireworks are usually made as a shell that has four parts. The container consists of pasted paper. The fuse allows the shell to reach the desired altitude before exploding. A bursting charge made of black powder (like a firecracker) is at the center of the shell. Stars (sparkler-like substances shaped into small spheres) are mixed throughout the inside of the shell.

These shells are usually launched into the sky from short pipes filled with a lifting charge of black powder. The lifting charge also lights the shell’s fuse, which burns as the shell rises into the sky. When the flame along the fuse hits the bursting charge inside the shell, the shell explodes. That’s when the magic begins!

The explosion ignites the stars. The stars burn to produce the bright sparks of light we see in the sky. The explosion pushes the stars in all directions, which creates beautiful displays.

Have you ever seen fireworks that seem to explode in different stages? Those fireworks use special “multi-break” shells. You can think of them as shells within shells that are made to explode at different times.

Not all fireworks look the same. Some explode in a circle. Others look like a shower of sparks falling down toward the earth. A firework’s pattern depends on how the stars are arranged in the shell. Manufacturers can create an outline of a specific pattern with stars. Then, they surround those stars with a special charge. That charge will separate them all at the same time from the shell.

It takes just as much science to create the beautiful colors we enjoy watching during fireworks shows. Most colors are produced by carefully mixing chemical compounds. Certain compounds make particular colors when they burn. For example, most yellow fireworks include a sodium compound.

What kind of fireworks do you enjoy? Do you like to light sparklers? Or would you rather watch a big fireworks show? Fireworks can add fun to any holiday celebration.

STANDARDS:NGSS.PS1.A, CCRA.L.3, CCRA.L.6, CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.W.3, CCRA.L.1, CCRA.L.2, CCRA.SL.1, CCRA.SL.2

Try It Out

Are you ready to light up the night sky? Be sure to explore the following activities with a friend or family member:

No need to wait for the next holiday celebration! Watch this incredible fireworks show today. As you watch, explain how the fireworks were made to a friend or family member.

Do fireworks inspire you? Think back to the times you’ve seen fireworks displays in person. What emotions do they generate within you? Fear? Awe? WONDER? Let your imagination roam and write down all of the words that come to mind when you think about how you feel when watching fireworks. Now use as many of those words as possible in a short story about a little boy or girl who sees fireworks for the first time.

If you want to learn more about the elements that are used in fireworks, particularly those used to create dazzling colors, click on over to the Periodic Table of the Elements in Fireworks. The elements used most often in fireworks are highlighted. Just click on an element to learn more about what it does in fireworks! Share what you learn with a friend or family member.

Red Lantern Fireworks

 

Share
15

Related posts

March 8, 2023

Welcome customers to visit Red Lantern Fireworks


Read more

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Register|Lost your password?

Search

LIKE US

Categories

  • Company News
  • Exhibition Activities
  • Fans Show
  • Festival Celebration
  • Knowledge Popularization
  • New Product
  • Policies
  • Policies & Shipping
  • Shipping
  • Technology
  • Uncategorized

SUBSCRIBE FOR
NEWSLETTER

Subscribe Red Lantern Fireworks, Keep up with fresh information.

Loading

RECENT COMMENTS

  • December 26, 2022

    Rose Honaker commented on How to Attach Electric Matches to Visco Fuse

  • November 30, 2022

    Rose Honaker commented on Red Lantern Fireworks Vintage Product

Recent forum posts

admin
RL4017 Cobra Product Displayby admin1 day ago
admin
RL4017 Cobra Product Displayby admin1 day ago
admin
Fireworks Industry Tips - Safety …by admin2 weeks ago

TAGS

25 shots fireworks 500 Gram Cakes 500G Cakes 2021 new year AFSL Arizona Fireworks Assortment Assortment Fireworks beihai port Canton Fair CIIE Compound Batteries Display Fireworks EU F1 Fireworks EU fireworks European Fireworks F1 Fireworks fireworks fireworks cakes fireworks display Fireworks Industry fireworks safety Fireworks Shipment fireworks shipping Fireworks Show Fireworks Transportation fireworks work Gatlin Halloween Happy New Year Jellyfish Fireworks July Fourth Fireworks Lantern Festival liuyang fireworks Merry Christmas Mid-Autumn Festival Netherlands Fireworks New European Fireworks New Fireworks New Year NFA Novelties Novelties Fireworks red lantern fireworks Top 10 Fireworks

Red Lantern Fireworks – Top Fireworks Supplier

Red Lantern Brand since 1969 and is specialized in manufacturing and exporting of fireworks & firecrackers. Red Lantern FIREWORKS deal with all kind of consumer and professional fireworks, we exported to Europe, United State, Mid&south America, Asia and Africa, more than 35 countries. Customers all have good comments on our products and service, our trademark ACME, Red Lantern, Morfun is also recognized by the world.

INFORMATION

About Us

Contact Us

Recent posts

  • 0
    RL4017 Cobra Product Display
    March 20, 2023
  • 0
    RL4118 Hammer Smash Product Display
    March 16, 2023
© 2020. RED LANTERN fireworks. All Rights Reserved