Zumber Posted February 7 Posted February 7 Hello all, One of agent imports raw fireworks material from china and supplies it. Here I have One Image of chlorine donor powder and I need its full chemical name so that I can study it further. I am aware of hexachloroethane, but whats ethylene powder? Can anyone tells its full chemical name or formula. Hexachloroethane is very toxic to skin thats why I need to aware more about ethylene powder.
CHNO Posted February 7 Posted February 7 Plastic: Fuel, Binder ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyethylene
AustralianPyromaniac Posted February 7 Posted February 7 Ethylene is a gas, so it’s clearly not the chemical listed. As CHNO says it’s probably the plastic polyethylene in dry blend form. Which is without plasticisers. But there is no use for this in pyrotechnics I can think of. Can you post the link to the item to look at the description and further images?
Zumber Posted February 7 Author Posted February 7 51 minutes ago, AustralianPyromaniac said: Ethylene is a gas, so it’s clearly not the chemical listed. As CHNO says it’s probably the plastic polyethylene in dry blend form. Which is without plasticisers. But there is no use for this in pyrotechnics I can think of. Can you post the link to the item to look at the description and further images? Thank you fir response..! I have no links and no any further info thats why I started topic here. I will try to contact supplier and ask him more details or will demand him to get more updates from china.
greenlight Posted February 8 Posted February 8 They must have mixed up the correct chemical name as the bag only says color aids 🙃. It looks a lot like parlon (chlorinated rubber) which is used as both chlorine donor and acetone soluble binder in one.
Arthur Posted February 8 Posted February 8 Likely it's a banned chemical given a false or misleading name to evade or escape regulatory notice. Most colour enhancers tend to be chlorinated compounds.
Zumber Posted February 9 Author Posted February 9 10 hours ago, greenlight said: They must have mixed up the correct chemical name as the bag only says color aids 🙃. It looks a lot like parlon (chlorinated rubber) which is used as both chlorine donor and acetone soluble binder in one. No its not parlon. He is having another bag of parlon. I was suspected about hexachloroethane or HCB. Both are toxic.
Crazy Swede Posted February 9 Posted February 9 I have not tried it but if it is polyethylene powder my guess it can be added a smaller amounts as a secondary fuel, coolant and flame expander. It might also be polyethylene wax that lowers friction during pressing and also can be used as a burn rate retardant.
a_bab Posted February 9 Posted February 9 (edited) Quote It cannot be hexachloroethane because HCE sublimes fast. Faster than naphthalene. So you just cannot store it in a bag like in the image. The stuff may be chlorinated polyethylene but the chlorine content is low so it may also act like a fuel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorinated_polyethylene Edited February 9 by a_bab
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