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What chemicals are in a homemade firework?

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The stuff you'd use to make a firework at home are pretty much what a manufacturer would use. There is a link below, and a lot of serious reading is there or linked to that page. Help youself to the knowledge. But use is with utmost caution. Property damage, injury and death are reported every year because of accident in the manufacture or use of pyrotechnics. Please be careful. Please.

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