In the book Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick, Max and Freak attend the Fourth of July celebration. As the fireworks bloom overhead, Freak calls them out in all the chemical compound glory:

“Magnesium!” (Freak) shouts as the white sparkles glitter down over the pond. “Potassium chlorate!” as the shells go womp-womp-womp and everybody goes oooooh. “Potassium nitrate! Sulphur! Aluminum!” And after ...