How to Make a Fire Wire [Easy Steel Wool Fireworks]

This is an old trick done with fine steel wool to make a huge spiraling shower of sparks. Rapid oxidation of iron contained in the fine strands of steel is an exothermic reaction hot enough to provide the sparks. The process results in black iron oxide (Fe3O4) and red iron oxide (Fe2O3), which is more commonly known as rust. The carbon content found in steel adds to the brilliance of the sparks. 000 or 0000 grade steel wool works best. Any courser and it will not burn properly. If it is fluffed up before i