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Fireworks produce a variety of colors through the combustion of different metal salts and compounds. The base component is gunpowder, which is a mixture of sulfur, charcoal, and potassium nitrate that produces a rapid oxidation reaction. When heated, the metal salts and compounds in firework stars are excited by the combustion reaction and emit different colors as their electrons return to lower energy states. Properties like stability and hygroscopicity determine which metal compounds can produce desirable
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