Man I saw these things in person for my first time recently, awesome! Any of you bees that play with guns need to check it out.
Wikipedia says:
Tannerite consists of two components, a catalyst or sensitizer and a bulk material or oxidizer. The oxidizer is a mixture of 85% 200-mesh ammonium nitrate and 0- 15% ammonium perchlorate, while the catalyst is a mixture of 90% 600-mesh dark flake aluminium powder, 5% 325-mesh Titanium sponge and 5% 200-mesh zirconium hydroxide.[2] Simpler mixtures of ammonium nitrate and aluminium powder often named as Ammonal are also known to work.
So I assume the titanium and zirconium do not participate in the reaction but add smoke or something? What are some other cheap compounds that can be added to zest up the tannerite a little bit? Any of you firework buffs know what I could add cheaply to color the smoke?
Wikipedia says:
Tannerite consists of two components, a catalyst or sensitizer and a bulk material or oxidizer. The oxidizer is a mixture of 85% 200-mesh ammonium nitrate and 0- 15% ammonium perchlorate, while the catalyst is a mixture of 90% 600-mesh dark flake aluminium powder, 5% 325-mesh Titanium sponge and 5% 200-mesh zirconium hydroxide.[2] Simpler mixtures of ammonium nitrate and aluminium powder often named as Ammonal are also known to work.
So I assume the titanium and zirconium do not participate in the reaction but add smoke or something? What are some other cheap compounds that can be added to zest up the tannerite a little bit? Any of you firework buffs know what I could add cheaply to color the smoke?