BJV Posted February 19, 2011 Posted February 19, 2011 Hi All, I am looking for a substitute for Chlorowax in red strobe.Could I use Hexachlorobenzene?Thanks,BJV
BJV Posted February 20, 2011 Author Posted February 20, 2011 you can get hexachlorbenzene ? Ralph I have several lbs of hexachlorbenzene. My question?BJV
Mumbles Posted February 21, 2011 Posted February 21, 2011 Skylighter sells chlorowax if you were looking for a source. Other common strobe chlorine donors are parlon, hexachloroethane, maybe dechlorane, and very likely hexachlorobenzene could be substituted. You might need to play around a bit to get the strobe rate right.
petroleum Posted February 21, 2011 Posted February 21, 2011 Hi All, I am looking for a substitute for Chlorowax in red strobe.Could I use Hexachlorobenzene?Thanks,BJV Somewhere I read about using of hexachlorocyclohexane (lindane). If you can get it, you can try to use it. But it is somewhat toxic (I dont think that it will be more toxic than HCB)
BJV Posted February 21, 2011 Author Posted February 21, 2011 Thanks Mumbles and petroleum for your help.BJV
petroleum Posted February 21, 2011 Posted February 21, 2011 Thanks Mumbles and petroleum for your help.BJVBJV, I have some grams of lindane isomere mixture in crystalic form. If you are interested in results, you can give me the comp and ingredient properties (mesh value of metal, solvent) and I will test this comp and share the results after some time.
BJV Posted February 21, 2011 Author Posted February 21, 2011 BJV, I have some grams of lindane isomere mixture in crystalic form. If you are interested in results, you can give me the comp and ingredient properties (mesh value of metal, solvent) and I will test this comp and share the results after some time. Thanks for the offer. I am testing my formula now.Thanks againBJV
Mumbles Posted February 22, 2011 Posted February 22, 2011 I don't know if Lindane was ever actually really used in pyrotechnics. This originates from Shimizu. He frequently uses the term "Benzene hexachloride" or BHC when he really means Hexachlorobenzene. Benzene hexachloride is a general name for the class of compounds that lindane belongs to. This is likely a translation issue. The only other reference I have to lindane is in the form of a smoke bomb. In this case it is added as an insecticide, not a chlorine donor. The smoke bomb contains no metal or other things that would benefit from any chlorine.
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