What are your favourite compositions incorporating antimony trisulfide.

[jl88]

Hey all.

 

I recently placed an order for some hemispheres from http://www.diversehobbies.com/shop/

 

He included some freebies including a sample of antimony trisulfide 150g.

 

Now I've never had access to this before and don't want to waste it testing compositions. Can I get opinions of people's favourites? I would prefer if there were videos to help show the composition.

 

Thanks all

[leedrill]

is it dark or needles both have different uses

[Jonathan]

I have dark Sb₂S₃ and have found it accelerates some flash mixes, or at least seems to do so. I'm wary of it, because I don't know the extent to which it increases friction or impact sensitivity when combined with other chemicals. I do know not to mix it willy nilly with KClO₃. On the other hand, I have mixed it (gently) successfully once with ingredients including NaClO₃ (the result was a blindingly fast flash).

[LambentPyro]

Good formulas with Sb₂S₃ include Winokur stars. There is a ton of formulas from him you can try. There is a thread (http://www.amateurpyro.com/forums/topic/67-winokurs-40-glitter-compositions/) that includes feedback from each formula on the performance. Not all of them include Antimony Trisulfide, but the ones that do generally performed very nicely IIRC.

 

I have dark Sb₂S₃ and have found it accelerates some flash mixes, or at least seems to do so. I'm wary of it, because I don't know the extent to which it increases friction or impact sensitivity when combined with other chemicals. I do know not to mix it willy nilly with KClO₃. On the other hand, I have mixed it (gently) successfully once with ingredients including NaClO₃ (the result was a blindingly fast flash).

It doesn't seem this guy has been doing this hobby for too long, why would you discuss flash, especially ones involved with Chlorates?