A pyrotechnic composition is a substance or mixture of substances designed to produce an effect by heat, light, sound, gas/smoke or a combination of these...
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In pyrotechnics, a pyrotechnic initiator (also initiator or igniter) is a device containing a pyrotechnic composition used primarily to ignite other, more...
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Pyrotechnics (redirect from Pyrotechnic)
1 to 4 inches. Flare – Cylindrical tubes containing a pressed pyrotechnic composition intended to produce a bright flame of various colors. Proximate...
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Thermite (category Pyrotechnic compositions)
Thermite (/ˈθɜːrmaɪt/) is a pyrotechnic composition of metal powder and metal oxide. When ignited by heat or chemical reaction, thermite undergoes an...
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Flare (redirect from Pyrotechnic flare)
fusee, or bengala, bengalo in several European countries, is a type of pyrotechnic that produces a bright light or intense heat without an explosion. Flares...
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Flash powder (category Pyrotechnic compositions)
Flash powder is a pyrotechnic composition, a mixture of oxidizer and metallic fuel, which burns quickly (deflagrates) and produces a loud noise regardless...
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Pyrotechnic stars are pellets of pyrotechnic composition which may contain metal powders, salts or other compounds that, when ignited, burn a certain color...
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Flare (countermeasure) (section Pyrotechnic flares)
missile or air-to-air missile. Flares are commonly composed of a pyrotechnic composition based on magnesium or another hot-burning metal, with burning temperature...
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between 15 and 60 seconds. It is a thick-walled tube filled with pyrotechnic composition and possessing a choke, which is a narrowing in the tube. Gerbs...
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A smoke composition is a pyrotechnic composition designed primarily to generate smoke. Smoke compositions are used as obscurants or for generation of...
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projectiles that are built with a small pyrotechnic charge in their base. When fired, the pyrotechnic composition is ignited by the burning powder and burns...
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Delay composition, also called delay charge or delay train, is a pyrotechnic composition, a sort of pyrotechnic initiator, a mixture of oxidizer and fuel...
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Lycopodium powder (category Pyrotechnic compositions)
Lycopodium powder is a yellow-tan dust-like powder, consisting of the dry spores of clubmoss plants, or various fern relatives. When it is mixed with air...
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H3 (pyrotechnics) (category Pyrotechnic compositions)
H3 is a pyrotechnic composition which is used mostly as a burst charge for small diameter shells. It is friction and shock sensitive, as are most compositions...
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Thermate (category Pyrotechnic compositions)
Thermate is a variation of thermite and is an incendiary pyrotechnic composition that can generate short bursts of very high temperatures focused on a...
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shell/mine/comet/tube with over 60 grams of pyrotechnic composition Any Roman candle or rocket with over 20 grams of pyrotechnic composition Any aerial salute with over...
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Armstrong's mixture (category Pyrotechnic compositions)
Pyrotechnical composition...
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Ejection charge (category Pyrotechnic compositions)
Black Powder), also called expelling charge, is a pyrotechnic composition, a type of a pyrotechnic gas generator designed to produce a small short-term...
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pyrotechnic colorant is a chemical compound which causes a flame to burn with a particular color. These are used to create the colors in pyrotechnic compositions...
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Sparkler (section Composition)
(20–30 cm) long, that has been dipped in a thick batter of slow-burning pyrotechnic composition and allowed to dry. The combustible coating contains the following...
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Initiator, the first Nuclear chain reaction Pyrotechnic initiator, a device containing a pyrotechnic composition used primarily to ignite other, more difficult...
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airbags, to eject parachutes and similar applications. Various pyrotechnic compositions can be used, depending on the desired burn rate and required amount...
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A pyrotechnic heat source, also called heat pellet, is a pyrotechnic device based on a pyrotechnic composition with a suitable igniter. Its role is to...
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Lift powder (category Pyrotechnic compositions)
Lift Powder, or Lift Charge is a slang term for Gunpowder. The term "Lift Powder" is mostly used in the Fireworks Industry. "Pyro Projects: Black Powder...
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(fever), a fever inducing substance. Pyrogen (pyrotechnics), a pyrotechnic composition producing flame when heated by e.g. a bridgewire This disambiguation...
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Nano-thermite (category Pyrotechnic compositions)
carbon nanofibers may make nanothermites safer to handle. Thermate Pyrotechnic composition "Effect of Al particle size on the thermal degradation of Al/teflon...
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Gunpowder (category Pyrotechnic compositions)
clarify the solution. During the Renaissance, two European schools of pyrotechnic thought emerged, one in Italy and the other at Nuremberg, Germany. In...
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Laboratory GB patent 2502460, Wraige, John Douglas Michael, "Pyrotechnic composition with spark producing material", issued 2013-11-27 Hinman F (1913)...
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released. Typical classes of energetic materials are e.g. explosives, pyrotechnic compositions, propellants (e.g. smokeless gunpowders and rocket fuels), and...
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in pyrotechnic compositions, namely in the glitter and fountain mixtures. Needle-like crystals, "Chinese needles", are used in glitter compositions and...
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