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Table 1 X-ray fluorescence analysis of fireworks PM10. Up to the top 5 trace elements (ppm) are presented for each display type

From: Toxicity of particles emitted by fireworks

Product Name

Major Trace Elementsa

Concentration (ppm) in Collected PM10

Purple Colorful Storm

Ti

22,000

Cu

44,000

Al

8600

Yellow Colorful Storm

Cu

14,000

Sr

1200

Zn

730

Blue Colorful Storm

Cu

53,000

Ti

11,000

Al

5200

Sr

4800

Red Colorful Storm

Al

40,000

Ba

10,000

Sr

6200

Color Changing Wheel

Ba

11,000

Sr

6300

Ti

3800

Tiger Roaring 1

Ba

430

Tiger Roaring 2

Fe

1200

Ba

460

Black Cuckoo

Pb

40,000

Cu

12,000

Ba

5300

Al

3100

Sr

3000

Saturn Missiles 1

Fe

3100

Pb

1600

Br

850

Co

150

Saturn Missiles 2

Fe

4200

Br

850

Co

170

Bottle Rocket

 

Not determined

Firecrackers

Al

95,000

Fe

6300

Zn

2000

  1. a Excluding sulfur, potassium, and chloride which were present in all samples at high concentrations (typically greater than 20,000 ppm). Duplicate experiments with 2 fireworks (Tiger Roaring and Saturn Missiles) were conducted to examine variability between commercial samples