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Copper and chlorine compounds makes blue fire work. Why?

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To produce colours, fire works experts burn the metal and chlorine together in a vapour, where the two elements are gases instead of solid.
(ii) The burning excites the electron pushing them into a higher than normal the electrons returns to their normal level, they release their extra energy as a colour burst of light.
(iii) True blue fireworks are the hardest to make since the compound copper breaks down in a hot flame
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  10. Write a note about the structure of beryllium chloride

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  11. Draw the structure of BeCl(2) in different physical states.

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  12. Write about the sulphates of alkaline earth metals.

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