Science of fireworks

Hosoya, M., and Hosoya, F., Science of Fireworks, Thokai University Press, Tokyo (1999). 

This book does not claim to be a definitive text on fireworks and the fireworks industry. It is primarily an introduction to the basic science of fireworks with particular emphasis on the underlying chemistry and physics. 

From the dictionary definition of being the art and science of making fireworks, pyrotechnics has grown, so as to deserve a wider and more precise definition as follows ... 

McLain, J.H. Pyrotechnics, from the Viewpoint of Solid State Chemistry, Franklin Research Center Norristown, PA, 1980 Shimizu, 77 Fireworks, the Art, Science and Technique, Maruzen, Tokio 1981... 

Forensic Chemistry (Chemical Criminalistics). This branch of science relates to the application of chemical knowledge and techniques to die study of physical evidence connected with crime. Investigation of firearms, ammunition and expls is one of the duties of a forensic chemist Refs i) A. Lucas, "Forensic Chemistry and Scientific Criminal Investigation 1, Longmans, Green, London (1935), Chap 7, Explosives Chap 11, Fireworks 2) H. 

Shakhashiri, Bassam. Chemical of the Week—Fireworks Science is Fun in the Lab of Shakhashiri. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Available online. URL http //scifun.chem.wisc. edu/chemweek/frreworks/frreworks.htm. Accessed Dec. 17,2006. 

P. V. Mosher, M. J. McVicar, E. D. Randall, and E. H. Sild, Gunshot Residue—Similar Particles Produced by Fireworks, Canadian Society of Forensic Science Journal 31, no. 2 (1998) 157-168. 

Shore, J. (1999). Chocolate, fireworks, dollars and scents Chemical informalities. In S. Stocklmayer T. Hardy (Eds.), Proceedings of the international conference on learning science in informal contexts (pp. 112-118). Canberra Questacon - the National Science and Technology Centre. 

Werrett S (2010) Fireworks pyrotechnic arts and sciences in European history. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, p 181... 

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