Mardec Posted September 11, 2006 Posted September 11, 2006 A couple of months ago I was messing around to find a easy to make green comp but I found something different: Potassium Chlorate 63Dextrin 10Parlon 14Ba(NO3)2 10BaSO4 10 Guess you can use shellac in stead of parlon. The comp was pressed with a bit of force inside a aluminumfoil tube. (foil wrapped around a rod). I lit it and it Burned pretty good and gave around 3 strobe flashes / Sec. Very bright white strobe flashes. I didn't test it in star form yet but I tought some of you guys could use this info. If it doens't work in stars you can still make a "cheap" strobe pot with it Hope someone can use this info.
hashashan Posted September 12, 2006 Posted September 12, 2006 There is a slight problem with shellac/parlon/red gum etc ni my country. do you think that hexamine or PVC with a binder will do the job?
Mardec Posted September 12, 2006 Author Posted September 12, 2006 Could work, I don't know if chlorine has influence on the reaction.. So try it out is what I would say
Mumbles Posted September 12, 2006 Posted September 12, 2006 I don't know if PVC will work instead. Most other organic strobes utilize Hexachlorobenzene. From what I was told by a rather reputable person is that it works because it is a chlorine donor with little to no fuel value. More on the order of it being a poor fuel, not lighting easily, etc from what I gathered. HCB has this. As does Parlon, which is probably the driving part of the reaction. I dont know how well shellac would work as it is a signifigantly better fuel than parlon. PVC also is a better fuel than parlon. Try as you will, but don't get your hopes up. Anyway it is interesting to see that parlon can be used instead of HCB. I have a bit of HCB, but not enough I would want to waste.
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