spitfire Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 I have been testing with some new green formulas using Mannitol as a fuel. The bag was laying around in my shop being useless until now. Here it is for you guys to test and discuss. Name of composition: Spitfire green #1, #2 and spitfire green palm #1Composition Type: StarCreator: SpitfireColor/Effect: Green/green palm The Composition: spitfire green #1 Ba(ClO3)2..................75 Mannitol.....................15 MgAl..........................7 Dextrin.......................4 spitfire green #2 Ba(ClO3)2.................88 Mannitol....................12 Dextrin......................+4% spitfire green palm #1 Ba(ClO3)2................80 Mannitol..................10 Red gum...................2 MgAl........................3 Ti flake fine...............2 Dextrin....................3 Any Precautions/Incompatabilities: Mind it is a chlorate star... Avoid contact with sulfur, sulfates, phosphorus compounds, acids, etc.. I believe mannitol is used for not-so-funny things too. Be careful if you wish to buy some anywhere. Procedure/Preparation: bind with water/alcohol. Can be rolled or pumped. The compositions are very easy to work with, although they are easily overwetted. The compositions dry fast and rock hard. Some prime should be used. I use Hardt #4 for these stars. Give any comments, criticism, or other valuable information below! Thanks. Spitfire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightHawkInLight Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 I've got nothing to say without having any videos or pictures to go on. Give a description of the burn at the very least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mumbles Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Do you feel that mannitol adds anything that other more traditional organic fuels don't add? Other that rather disliking adding metal fuels to chlorates in general, I don't really have much to add. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted July 22, 2011 Author Share Posted July 22, 2011 (edited) Do you feel that mannitol adds anything that other more traditional organic fuels don't add? Other that rather disliking adding metal fuels to chlorates in general, I don't really have much to add. There is no real reason at all to me, i was just playing around with Ba(ClO3)2 and different kinds of fuels to see differences. The mannitol caught my attention because there was a big flame envelope. (This first test was the Green #2) Because of the mannitol laying around being useless, i decided to give it a try and pumped 100g test batch. They where dry within 48 hrs and some backyard tests surprised me. A big steady burning green star. Especially the burning speed and flame envelope where interesting. After that positive test i rolled a 500g batch to see how that worked out. The rolling was easy, it gave me nice round stars that dried in the sun within 48 hours to rock hard stars. A little bit harder to ignite as you might expect with smooth round stars, but very usable when primed with Hardt #4. In this case i roll a rather thick layer of prime, not only for ignition but more to seal the chlorates off from the burst i use in my rockets and cake items. I will make a movie and/or pictures as soon as possible for everyone interested. Haven't done that yet because i make/develop pyro for myself, and not to make a YT movie to show people i don't even know in person... something what had got me in trouble years ago. But a green star is clearly not suitable for blowing stuff up, so okay. Conclusion: it ain't for the buck, it ain't for the show.. It's just a test that turned out very well for me and i thought it was worth sharing. Edited July 22, 2011 by spitfire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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