Bought sparklers , among other things for diwali . Its looked at as childs play , and one feels silly holding this sparkling rod and moving it in patterns like a stupid kid ......
A sparkler burns slowly for a long time while a cracker is more like a controlled explosion . Very simply put , a sparkler is made by .......
Once it is lit , the metal flames heat up be come incandescent ( give off light ) and start to burn emitting various colours ....and i guess the bluish green sparklers that i love so much have their colour only because of copper flakes .
Now i sure wish that i had paid a little more attention in the Chemistry lab at school . Any ways this brings me to the question of flame tests of metal - the colour shart is in the picture- which i had done in 9th Standard and cooly forgotten till now .
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