Help with Burning Balsa Wood Green Using Copper

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Hi, I'm trying to get balsa wood to burn green, and I know that copper burns green. If i cut up pieces of copper and dissolve them in water, then let the balsa wood soak up the water, I imagine it would burn green. However, I don't know if I can dissolve copper in water. I would appreciate any comments or suggestions on what I'm doing. Thank you.


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Well, I know that you can't dissolve copper in water, but would cutting copper up into tiny pieces and placing them in water create a copper solution. And if that won't do, how can i create a copper solution.
 
Start with some copper compound, not copper itself. Copper chloride for example.