In a typical fireworks device, the heat of the reaction betweena strong oxidizing agent, such as KClO₄, and an organic com-pound excites certain salts, which emit specific colors. Stron-tium salts have an intense emission at 641 nm, and barium saltshave one at 493 nm. (a) What colors do these emissions pro-duce? (b) What is the energy (in kJ) of these emissions for 5.00 g each of the chloride salts of Sr and Ba? (Assume that allthe heat released is converted to light emitted.)

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In a typical fireworks device, the heat of the reaction betweena strong oxidizing agent, such as KClO₄, and an organic com-pound excites certain salts, which emit specific colors. Stron-tium salts have an intense emission at 641 nm, and barium saltshave one at 493 nm. (a) What colors do these emissions pro-duce? (b) What is the energy (in kJ) of these emissions for 5.00 g each of the chloride salts of Sr and Ba? (Assume that allthe heat released is converted to light emitted.)

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