White Strobe (NG)



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55.88%

AMT:

23.53%

AMT:

13.72%

AMT:

4.90%

AMT:

1.96%

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** Recipe given with Mineral Oil, not Petroleum Jelly. Database lacks an entry for Mineral Oil

Posted in Ned’s article on Skylighter: http://blog.skylighter.com/fireworks/2009/02/how-to-make-a-fireworks-strobe-rocket.html Note: The ammonium perchlorate, barium sulfate, and potassium dichromate are each milled individually in a blade-type coffee mill until they are fine enough to pass through a 100-mesh screen. Warning: Potassium dichromate is toxic and a known carcinogen. A good respirator and rubber gloves are required when working with this chemical, and when using it in pyrotechnic compositions. Don’t breathe this stuff or get it on your skin. Wear your protective gear even when you are pressing the finished fuel in the rocket motor. I’ll be making 3/4-inch ID (one-pound) size, strobe rocket motors. Each motor will use about 39 grams of whistle fuel and 25 grams of the strobe fuel. So, the 450-gram batch of strobe fuel shown in the formula above will be enough for approximately 18 motors. All the dry chemicals are weighed out individually, then mixed thoroughly by gently passing them through a 20-mesh screen or kitchen colander. I put this mixed powder into a small plastic bucket. I weigh out the mineral oil into a clean quart jar, such as a spaghetti sauce jar, and then I add 1/2 cup of the Coleman Fuel to the oil. After tightly screwing the jar’s lid on, I shake the liquid to completely mix the two ingredients. This mixed liquid is then added to the dry powder, and it is completely blended in with gloved hands. The damp composition is then dried over a pot of hot water, as described in the tutorial on making whistle fuel. Once again, the fuel is never brought anywhere in the vicinity of any open flame or source of sparks. After a couple of hours of drying over the pot of warm water, the fuel will be dry, will stop smelling of Coleman fuel, and will resemble grayish-green sand. I use my gloved hands to break up fuel clumps as it is drying

Author: Ned Gorski

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