AreteVeteran Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 Heres a new fountain ive been working on, and it really has some great effects. Its not sensative, and can be lit by fuse without a prime. Its a ruddy brown color. Name of composition: Arete's Crimson Composition Type: FountainCreator: Tom TillouColor/Effect: Gold Sparks, Red Sparks, Red Flame, Red Aura, White JetThe Composition: KNO3 - 60 BaCO3 - 40 Zinc (High Mesh) - 15 Sulfur - 15 Fe2O3 - 12 KClO4- 12 Aluminum (High Mesh) - 12 Aluminum (Low Mesh) - 10 Charcoal (Airfloat) - 10 Any Precautions/Incompatabilities: It's Fairly Stable, So use normal pyrotechnic precautions... Precedure/Preparation: Mill together all the Oxidizers, then the Fuels and Metals. Mill together for 10 minutes on low rpm's. Its Lovely, Enjoy /AV/
optimus Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 That's very interesting looking.... I see a very high percentage of Barium Carbonate - is this acting as a delay agent? Does the fountain produce any glitter spritzels? Also, I wouldn't recommend ball-milling this mixture atall, even on low RPMs! It is probably also relatively static sensetive due to the inclusion of Zinc/Sulphur...
Mumbles Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 About the only thing I would do differently is not mill with the metals in there. Perhaps a few percent Boric acid too if the device was going to be stored. The effect sounds great. Do you have any pics or anything of it?
AreteVeteran Posted August 5, 2006 Author Posted August 5, 2006 yes i have a video somewhere on my friends camera. ill try and get it from him. there are nice glitters, and in the second and third batches, i didnt mill in my high mesh Al or Zn, i screened them later and it still works perfectly... /AV/
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