Re: coil discharge color

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Original poster: "David Trimmell by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <davidt-at-pond-dot-net>

Hi, am easy green is made from Boric Acid. It is soluble in most Polar
solvents, like water. For green flames a mixture of it and Methyl Alcohol
will make a ok green. Blue may be a hard one to do outside of a actual
pyrotechnic mixtures using Copper compounds, Oxidizer and Chlorine
doner/fuel, due to temperature requirements.

Regards,

David Trimmell

On Mon, 25 Jun 2001, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Eleanor Flood by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <eflood-at-bellsouth-dot-net>
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> Some days ago there were postings on this...I missed copying the very
> one I wanted....a mixture of borax and something to give a green color.
> I'd like to try
> for another color on a new JL.   Have one with NaCl paste to make
> orange, tried MgSo4 for blue....didn't work.  Any other common
> substances that will give me another color?
> Thanks,  Elli
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