Sophia Nicholaou
Barium Oxide - BaO is a binary compound because it contains two elements.
We see this compound every year the 4th of July. This compound is what makes up the color blazing white in fireworks. They usually require oxygen to fuel the fire created and in order to bind it. How this process works is when a metal is heated up different color frequencies are hit producing that color. To produce this color white - hot metals, such as magnesium and aluminum, are used. Creating fireworks is very complex and requires physical science. Incandescence and luminescence are used in the color production. Incandescence is the light produced from heat. Luminescence is light produced using a different energy source other than heat.
It's very interesting that this binary compound has the capability to release the explosive lights we know as fireworks. I wonder how the complex process of manufacturing fireworks appears.
ReplyDeleteThis compound has a melting point of 3,493 degrees Fahrenheit.... That's a high melting point.
ReplyDeleteI did not know that it was so hard to make fireworks
ReplyDelete