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Revision as of 20:58, 2 November 2017

Welcome to the Pyrotechnics 101

This is a planning page for a future course to be taught at Monmouth college. The course will be taught by a chemistry professor and the campus' lead electrician.

The rules that regulate the fireworks in the state of Illinois can be found here

Fireworks are classified as a hazardous material (HAZMAT) class 1.3. The United Nations classification system can be found here; the classification by the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) can be found here. Consumer grade fireworks (where allowed are classified as 1.4.

Possible Textbooks

The Chemistry of Fireworks: 2nd Ed.
A PDF of this text can be found here
An online version of the first edition can be found here

Fireworks Company

Both instructors are employees of J&M Displays

Lab Activities

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

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Week 7

Week 8