July 4: Independence Day. Get your picnic blanket and a good spot to watch strontium nitrate, aluminum and copper(II) oxide in action — these metal salts produce fireworks’ red, white and blue colors.
July and August Calendar
Catch the latest in wearable technology, mark somber anniversaries in atomic history, and learn to scuba dive.
By Elisa Neckar
Jul 24, 2013 3:59 PMNov 12, 2019 4:27 AM
Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
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