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Glossary

Black powder - An explosive made of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio; used to propel firework and ignite stars

Bursting Charge - Black powder placed in the center of the firework to ignite the stars

Container - Keeps the firework together; often made of pasted paper and string

Fuse - slow burning material that ignites the bursting charge once the firework has reached the right height

Lifting Charge - packet of black powder attached to the bottom of the firework that explodes to shoot the firework up

Mortar - steel or plastic tube the firework is launched from

Stars - cubes or spheres of sparkler-like substance that gives the firework its color and sparkle

Sources 1. Brain, Marshall. "How Fireworks Work." 30 June 2000. HowStuffWorks.com.  02 June 2010.

2. "NOVA Online/Kaboom!" //PBS//. Web. 02 June 2010. .

3. Shakhashiri, Bassam Z. "Chemical of the Week -- Fireworks!" //Science Is Fun in the Lab of Shakhashiri//. Web. 02 June 2010. .

4. Wilbraham, Antony C. //Chemistry//. Needham, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 2002. Print.

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