10683306 Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 hi im pretty new to this, i was just wondering will potassium perchlorate work in smoke bombs as well as potassium chlorate? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaMtnBkr Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 No it won't. That's why chlorate is called for. Chlorate can release it's oxygen at a lower temperature which results with a cooler burn with the right fuel. It colored smoke burns too hot it will consume the colored dye and burn it up. You need a cool burn which just disperses the dye in very fine particles so you see the color of the dye. When smoke burns too hot and a flame lights,it burns up the smoke and dye particles and there is very little gray smoke. If one ever starts shooting out a flame it isn't designed right but you can stick it against the ground to extinguish the flame and get the smoke going again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWJ Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Smoke is just un-burnt fuel. At least that's what I learned firefighting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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