Re: salts and arcs

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Original poster: "davep by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <davep-at-quik-dot-com>

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>Steve:  Any book on pyrotechnics can give you a list of salts
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>that will produce different colors.
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    ...and there are a number of sites that give pyrotechnic chemicals.

> IE. strontium gives a bright red, get some slag from a road
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>flare used at an auto accident.  Copper gives blue. The only
>requirement is it must volatilize in your arc. most water soluble salts
should work well.
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    Be aware that some of the chemicals are toxic...

    best
     dwp

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