NX Color Star System

Potassium Nitrate milled is the most extensively used oxidizer in fireworks and pyrotechnics. It used for a wide variety of applications, the most important of which is in the manufacture of black powder.   It is also used for making stars, comets, fountains, rocket fuels and many others.

Saran is used as a chlorine donor and fuel much in the same way as parlon and PVC are. It can also serve as a binder, in which case acetone is a suitable solvent. It is known a superior chlorine donor due to its high chlorine content and superior burning characteristics.

Magnalium sometimes called Mg/Al is a very brittle alloy of magnesium and aluminum. Some common uses are in for spark effects, in strobing compositions, and in crackling stars.

Phenolic resin is a fuel and a binder used in pyrotechnic compositions. This resin is the specific resin that is used in the majority of Chinese formulas. It can be used to replace red gum in star formulas. And it has exciting properties as a binder when mixed with Hexamine

Strontium carbonate (SrCO3) is a chemical compound that is commonly used in the production of fireworks to create red colors in pyrotechnic compositions. Strontium is an alkaline earth metal that burns with a bright red flame, making it a popular choice for creating red effects in fireworks.

Copper oxide is a black powder employed in blue color compositions in combination with chlorine donors. It is also used in high-temperature thermite mixtures. (like crackling microstars) 

Colorless powder. It slowly reacts with NH4ClO4 in presence of moisture. Calcium carbonate is often used in toy fireworks as a cheap substitute for strontium salts, but the flame is reddish orange and not so beautiful as with Strontium Carbonate

Sodium bicarbonate is a white solid that is crystalline but often appears as a fine powder. Sodium bicarbonate is used for some yellow compositions, as a delay agent in glitters, and as a burn rate modifier.

Barium nitrate is used as an oxidizer in both white and green color compositions. When chlorine donors are present in a composition a green color will result from the formation of BaCl+ in the flame. Without chlorine donors, BaO will be formed which emits bright white light. Barium nitrate is seldom used as the sole oxidizer in green color compositions. It is usually combined with perchlorate's to improve the color and increase the burning rate.

Barium carbonate is used both in white and green color compositions. When chlorine donors are present in a composition a green color will result from the formation of BaCl+ in the flame. Without chlorine donors, BaO will be formed which emits white light. Barium carbonate is convenient to use in chlorate based color compositions since it will neutralize residual acid which reduces the risk of spontaneous ignition.

Copper oxychloride is a green powder used as a blue color agent, is a basic copper chloride and is usually manufactured either by the action of hydrochloric acid on copper metal or by the air oxidation of cuprous chloride suspensions. It has a number of applications, by far the most important being as an agricultural fungicide, for which purpose it is extensively employed in formulated form as dusts, wettable powders and pastes.

Hexamine is a white crystalline compound that is highly soluble in water.  Crystals of hexamine burn with a yellow flame and the material has been used in small indoor fireworks employing magnesium and lithium salts. In contrast to metaldehyde formerly used for this purpose it does not produce poisonous formaldehyde when lighted indoors. Lancaster states that “hexamine would be quite useful as a fuel, but does not appear to have found much application, possibly because of the cost.”  Some armys employ ESBIT fuel to allow the soldiers to cook their meals while in field. Hexamine is the main ingredient.

Perchlorate is the inorganic salt with the chemical formula KClO₄ and is a very common oxidizer in pyrotechnics.  Pyrotechnicians use Potassium Perchlorate for making colorful stars and flash powder.