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What element traditionally creates blue fireworks?.

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Copper:

Copper compounds produce blue colors in fireworks. Although Copper has a red appearance in solid form, when it’s set alight it creates stunning blue fireworks. Copper is used in electrical wire and roughly half of all copper mined is used for this purpose.

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