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Hello all,

I'm doing a magic-themed live science show and I want to make blue- or
green-tinted fire for "dragon's flame." I'm planning to use cupric chloride
or cupric sulfate. I have those two chemicals in solid form, but the MSDS
informs me that neither one is flammable as a solid. Thus I need to get them
in solution, probably in alcohol (though maybe water would work?).

The tricky bit is that rather than sprinkling the copper on an open flame, I
want to use it with a hydrogen balloon. I've exploded lots of those, so in
and of themselves they aren't a problem, but I'm a bit wary of adding
alcohol to the Hindenburg.

Can anyone out there let me know the proportion of cupric chloride and/or
cupric sulfate to alcohol (isopropyl? ethyl?), and any safety tips? I've
seen this done before, so I know it's possible!

Thanks,
Isabel
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Isabel Van Dyke
Science Activities Coordinator
ScienceWorks Hands-On Museum
Ashland, OR
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541 482 6767, ext. 218

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