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Can anyone give me white star formula using barium carbonate?

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Never seen a white comp with barium carbonate!?  It's used as a green colorant with a chlorine donor at high temp, to my knowledge.

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Are you sure you don't confuse with Ba Nitrate?  Which can be used in some white star compositions?

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He might not be having barium nitrate in hand and only posses barium carbonate.

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8 hours ago, Zumber said:

He might not be having barium nitrate in hand and only posses barium carbonate.

What oxidizer did you have? Carbonate works well with per/chlorate yeald white without PVC using a metal fuel. 

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56 minutes ago, kingkama said:

What oxidizer did you have? Carbonate works well with per/chlorate yeald white without PVC using a metal fuel. 

I really dont know, lets wait for his answer.

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On 5/2/2024 at 6:58 PM, kingkama said:

What oxidizer did you have? Carbonate works well with per/chlorate yeald white without PVC using a metal fuel. 

All my oxidizer? KNO3 KClO3 NaNO3

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Dont use Chlorate you seem you are new to this hobby.

Just learn simple formulations first like BP charcoal stars first.

Never use chlorate stay away from it.

I also recommend to postpond white stars.

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Okay.

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3 hours ago, Zumber said:

Dont use Chlorate you seem you are new to this hobby.

Just learn simple formulations first like BP charcoal stars first.

Never use chlorate stay away from it.

I also recommend to postpond white stars.

Chlorate Is not more reactive than other oxidizer if you don't use sulfur, im in professional fireworks from many years,  and chlorate Is Irreplaceable for some applications. So if you have chlorate, some shellac and some MgAl you have all you Need for a White star mix

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8 hours ago, kingkama said:

Chlorate Is not more reactive than other oxidizer if you don't use sulfur, im in professional fireworks from many years,  and chlorate Is Irreplaceable for some applications. So if you have chlorate, some shellac and some MgAl you have all you Need for a White star mix

You are experienced but it is not recommendable for very new person to deal with chlorate.

In history only chlorate is responsible for many death and accidents and still today.

 

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11 hours ago, Zumber said:

You are experienced but it is not recommendable for very new person to deal with chlorate.

In history only chlorate is responsible for many death and accidents and still today.

 

Telling people not to use chlorate because it is dangerous is equivalent to a lack of information, no one explains how and why but everyone says no.This is a dangerous hobby, 100 grams of gunpowder is enough to have an irreversible burn to the lungs and die in a few days or have third degree burns. There is no time to run away like in the movies so since you always have to be careful, in a humid environment and with acidic sulfur it is better to avoid chlorate which produces chloric acid which could cause Unwanted ignitions, no one suggests having short nails to avoid scratching the fabric of the sieves, no one says to use a sieve for each family of mixtures and so on....

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It would be great if someone told me easy white star composition.(any)

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White star

Potassium Nitrate- 6000

Sulphur -1500

Magnelium( 200 mesh coated)-2000

Aluminium powder flake bright (-400 mesh)-1000

Charcoal (-200mesh)-500

Dextrin -600

Boric acid-50

If you could have barium nitrate it would be great

Sieve potassium nitrate Sulphur magnelium charcoal boric acid together 3 times using 40 mesh screen then mix aluminium powder.

Wear proper safety gears.

Try out 100 gram batch careful of nitrate aluminium reaction (boric acid is added but still watch out).

 

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On 5/8/2024 at 8:25 PM, Zumber said:

White star

Potassium Nitrate- 6000

Sulphur -1500

Magnelium( 200 mesh coated)-2000

Aluminium powder flake bright (-400 mesh)-1000

Charcoal (-200mesh)-500

Dextrin -600

Boric acid-50

If you could have barium nitrate it would be great

Sieve potassium nitrate Sulphur magnelium charcoal boric acid together 3 times using 40 mesh screen then mix aluminium powder.

Wear proper safety gears.

Try out 100 gram batch careful of nitrate aluminium reaction (boric acid is added but still watch out).

 

Is there any way to make aluminum powder without ball mill?😅

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Preparing aluminium powder on your own is dangerous job.

Aluminium is highly reactive and you cant make it into very fine powder.

Its worth and wise to purchase it commercially than preparing on your own.

You might replace it with magnelium for white but it will alter its effect.

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Davis White Star #1

62 Potassium nitrate

17 Antimony Trisulphide

17 Sulphur

4 Dextrin

Simple and works fine.

 

 
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On 5/6/2024 at 10:49 PM, kingkama said:

Chlorate Is not more reactive than other oxidizer if you don't use sulfur, im in professional fireworks from many years,  and chlorate Is Irreplaceable for some applications. So if you have chlorate, some shellac and some MgAl you have all you Need for a White star mix

Hey bro

Belive it or not!

I make a formulation based on chlorate and don't use sulfur About 2015

Barium nitrate/potassium chlorate and shellac 

They're ignite so hard and I decided to remove primer whit my hand and a piece of wood

They are ignite by friction and happen what happen

After that I never use chlorate.

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On 8/13/2024 at 1:31 PM, johnnypyro said:

Davis White Star #1

62 Potassium nitrate

17 Antimony Trisulphide

17 Sulphur

4 Dextrin

Simple and works fine.

 

 

 

What can I use instead antimony trisulphide?

Dose realgar work?

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On 8/21/2024 at 1:23 PM, Arw said:

Hey bro

Belive it or not!

I make a formulation based on chlorate and don't use sulfur About 2015

Barium nitrate/potassium chlorate and shellac 

They're ignite so hard and I decided to remove primer whit my hand and a piece of wood

They are ignite by friction and happen what happen

After that I never use chlorate.

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The problem Is not i chlorates but in Who handle It....

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On 8/22/2024 at 10:17 PM, kingkama said:

The problem Is not i chlorates but in Who handle It....

In this opinion chlorate/sulfur is not dangerous too

Of course I was amateur in 2015 but danger is not 0-1

It's 0-100

Somone can accept risk of 90 an do something

But I decided to be cautious,even I lost some effect or pay more for perchlorate

My friend die in jun 2022 during make of Dragoneggs.he works at least 20 years in pyrotechnics and he probably makes tons of that before,but everyone can makes mistake!

I'm just trying to say be carful as much as you can

 

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On 8/24/2024 at 12:29 PM, Arw said:

In this opinion chlorate/sulfur is not dangerous too

Of course I was amateur in 2015 but danger is not 0-1

It's 0-100

Somone can accept risk of 90 an do something

But I decided to be cautious,even I lost some effect or pay more for perchlorate

My friend die in jun 2022 during make of Dragoneggs.he works at least 20 years in pyrotechnics and he probably makes tons of that before,but everyone can makes mistake!

I'm just trying to say be carful as much as you can

 

Sure cautions Is mandatory, b

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On 5/1/2024 at 3:53 PM, Dragon99 said:

Can anyone give me white star formula using barium carbonate?

 

My friend it is your berium carbonate based formula video.

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