stug161 Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 I came across a pound of Mg/Al in the 700 mesh range pretty fine stuff Thought I would try to do something good with it. I mixed up one gram of it, with one gram of granulated sugar, and added two grams of Strontium Nitrate. I kind of mixed them together, and tried a small amount. It of course flashed too quickly, although it was super red. So I decided to try something else. I added some vaseline.. It takes fire pretty easy, and it strobes at a fairly decent rate. Is this a new find? It seems kind of inconsistent, and that may be due to my lack of good mixing.. Thanks, Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optimus Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 Strontium Nitrate / MgAl strobes are well documented : ) I've made a few myself via experimentation but there are a few tried and tested formulas here: http://groups.google.com/group/rec.pyrotec...734db270d?pli=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stug161 Posted September 4, 2009 Author Share Posted September 4, 2009 Lots of good information there! Thanks. My biggest deal is that I was using -650 Mg/Al, and was still able to get a decent strobe. I know there is a big difference between my 30-60 and my 100-200 and this stuff is 600-700. I didnt think it would actually strobe at all. Im going to work with it a bit more this evening. Thanks, Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optimus Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 Cool, I'd be interested to hear the results. That is pretty fine stuff to be getting a decent strobe from - what kind of strobe rate are we talking here? Is it more of a shimmer than a strobe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FREAKYDUTCHMEN Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 Red Magnalium Chuffer Sky Rocket:Strontium Nitrate 55%Magnalium, -325 mesh powder 28%PVC powder 10%Parlon 7%Vaseline (dissolved in Naphtha) +2% http://www.skylighter.com/skylighter_info_...Item=83#rockets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stug161 Posted September 4, 2009 Author Share Posted September 4, 2009 It was fewer than 1 HZ. I would say it was probably 3 part comp to 1 part vaseline. Again, it may just have been a clumpy pile that was intermediate burning, but it did seem to be fairly steady. I will have more info by morning. Thanks, Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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