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Reuters QuickCut: Light my fire!
Mar. 4 - Taiwan erupts in grand pyrotechnics displays to celebrate “Little New Year”. The Lantern Festival or Yuan Xiao Jie is an annual event which takes place 15 days into the first month of the Lunar year.
PHJchem: Potassium Chlorate and Sugar Pyrotechnics
I’m performing an energetic, pyrotechnic, chemical experiment with KClO3 and C12H22O11. When these two chemicals are mixed, a single drop of sulfuric acid will initiate a violent reaction!
Chemistry of Pyrotechnics and Explosives (Chemical Industries)
A perennial bestseller, Chemistry of Pyrotechnics and Explosives: Basic Principles and Theory, is simply the most definitive reference in this field. Author J.A. Conkling first covers the requisite background in chemistry, thermodynamics, and light emission, introduces oxidizing agents, fuels, binders, and retardants, then explores virtually every aspect of formulating pyrotechnics. Topics include the requirements for and preparation of high-energy mixtures, ignition and propagation, heat and delay compositions, and color and light production, including sparks, flitter, and glitter. The journal Pyrotechnica said this book “…belongs on every pyrotechnist’s bookshelf.”
Author: John A. Conkling
Hardcover: 216 pages
Company: CRC (1985-07-02)
ISBN: 0824774434
List Price: $94.95
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Explosives, Propellants and Pyrotechnics (Brassey’s World Military Technology)
Author: A. Bailey, S. G. Murray
Hardcover: 187 pages
Company: Brassey’s (2001-05)
ISBN: 1857532554
List Price: $39.95
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shaastra nights laser show 2008 IIT MADRAS
this is laser show and some pyrotechnics @ shaastra 2008, the technical festival of IIT MADRAS. i took the vdeo from a mobile so the video quality is not up to the mark
Pistons pyrotechnics stolen Sunday morning
Around $70,000 in pyrotechnics equipment was stolen from Band-Ayd Systems International Inc. in Detroit Sunday. The equipment was to be used for Sunday’s Detroit Pistons game, but the show will still go on thanks to backup pyrotechnics carried by the comp…
