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GIFT

A Gift Certificate

In the form of Skylighter Funny Money

Gift Certificates are actually Skylighter Funny Money. You can order any whole dollar amount. Just order as many dollars worth as you want. We can send your gift certificate Funny Money to you or to whoever you want.

ea.

$1.00

$1.00

$1.00

CH8230

Accroides Gum, air milled

(Acaroides, accroides resin, red gum, or yacca resin) [85% para-coumaric ester of xanthoresinotannol] Reddish brown, extremely fine powder

Used as a fuel and binder. Natural vegetable gum whose solvent is alcohol.

lb.

$13.35

$12.28

$11.48

CH8231

Accroides Gum, chunky style

(Acaroides, accroides resin, red gum, or yacca resin) [85% para-coumaric ester of xanthoresinotannol] Reddish brown, lumps

Used as a fuel and binder. Can easily be screened or coffee-milled into a fine powder. Natural vegetable gum whose solvent is alcohol.

lb.

$9.23

$8.49

$7.94

CH0103

Aluminum, atomized, spherical

325 mesh, 22 micron, uncoated

Commonly used in glitter and go-getter formulations.

lb.

$14.28

$13.14

$12.28

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CH0100

Aluminum, atomized, spherical

400 mesh, 5 micron, uncoated

Used in glitter and high-powered rocket fuels.

lb.

$20.28

$18.66

$17.44

CH0105

Aluminum, atomized, spheroidal

325 mesh, 12 micron, uncoated

Commonly used in glitter and go-getter formulations.

lb.

$14.97

$13.77

$12.87

CH0120

Aluminum, atomized, spheroidal

80-325 mesh, uncoated

Commonly used in glitter compositions. Can be used in flitter and dripping comet formulas in place of coarse, granular aluminum.

lb.

$13.02

$11.98

$11.20

CH0174

Aluminum, flake, bright

-325 mesh, coated, Eckart 1400ND, silver-gray flake powder.

Used in flitter, and white and silver color compositions. Sometimes used as a substitute for American Dark aluminum; can be used in "slow flash" burst charges.

Particle size breakdown:
-325 mesh -- 100%; Particle size range 5-28 micron

Coated with stearin.

lb.

$16.35

$15.04

$14.06

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CH0152

Aluminum, flake, dark, German Blackhead

3 micron, coated. Eckart #5413-H Super

The undisputed king of the flash aluminums. Limit of one pound of dark aluminum per order, two pounds per year unless you send us a copy of your current BATF High Explosives Manufacturing license (type 20).

lb.

$29.95

$27.55

$25.76

CH0144

Aluminum, flake, dark, Indian Blackhead

8 micron, coated

A much darker aluminum than German Blackhead. Reputedly made with the same process and equipment used to make Blackhead in Germany in the 1950's. Performance compares very favorably. Limit of one pound of dark aluminum per order, two pounds per year unless you send us a copy of your current BATF High Explosives Manufacturing license (type 20).

lb.

$26.20

$24.10

$22.53

CH0150

Aluminum, flake, firefly

10-12 mesh, coated. Transmet K-102

Produces long hang-time "firefly" effect when used in the formulation supplied with the product.

lb.

$17.27

$15.89

$14.85

CH0155

Aluminum, flake, firefly, mixed

+40-325 mesh coated rectangular flat needles. Transmet.

"Mixed Firefly" can be used to produce a long hang-time "firefly" or transformation effect when used in the formulation supplied with the product. The wide range of particle sizes should produce a richer effect than standard Firefly Aluminum.

lb.

$9.07

$8.34

$7.80

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CH0148

Aluminum, flake, flitters, coarse

-20 mesh, dark flake, coated. Eckart (German) #41813/G

Used in glitter compositions.

lb.

$18.66

$17.17

$16.05

CH8008

Ammonium Chloride

[NH₄•HCl] White granular crystals

Used in making white smokes.

lb.

$4.05

$3.73

$3.48

CH5500

Ammonium Dichromate

[(NH₄)₂Cr₂O₇] Orange granular

Oxidizer used in volcanoes, sometimes used as a burn rate catalyst in propellant formulas (such as those based on ammonium nitrate).

lb.

$19.59

$18.02

$16.85

CH5000

Ammonium Perchlorate

[NH₄ClO₄] 200 micron white powder

Oxidizer used in strobe compositions; produces rich colors in some star and fountain formulations, but slow burning; most commonly used composite rocket fuel oxidizer.

lb.

$10.57

$9.72

$9.09

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CH5005

Ammonium Perchlorate

[NH₄ClO₄] 400 micron white powder

Oxidizer used in strobe compositions; produces rich colors in some star and fountain formulations, but slow burning; most commonly used composite rocket fuel oxidizer. Extremely limited supply.

lb.

$13.40

$12.33

$11.52

CH8010

Antimony Trisulfide, Chinese needle

(antimony sulfide) [Sb₂S₃] 200 mesh, dark gray, sparkly powder

Fuel used in glitter compositions and commonly in white comets and stars.

lb.

$19.58

$18.01

$16.84

CH8011

Antimony Trisulfide, dark pyro

(antimony sulfide) [Sb₂S₃] 325 mesh, dark gray powder

Fuel used to increase sensitivity of flash powder.

lb.

$19.58

$18.01

$16.84

CH8120

Asphaltum

(gilsonite) Dark brown powder

Source for carbon fuel.

lb.

$6.91

$6.36

$5.94

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CH8025

Barium Carbonate

[BaCO₃] White powder

Used as an acid neutralizer in compositions containing potassium chlorate or barium chlorate; as a green color agent; or a delay agent in glitter comps.

lb.

$5.45

$5.01

$4.69

CH5505

Barium Chlorate

[Ba(ClO₃)₂•H₂O] White powder

Oxidizer. Produces the very finest, rich, green flame color.

lb.

$21.25

$19.55

$18.27

CH8027

Barium Chloride

(barium chloride dihydrate, barium dichloride dihydrate) [BaCl₂•2H₂O] White granular material

Used as a green coloring agent, also makes a relatively safe coloring agent for campfires, pine cones, and fireplace logs.

lb.

$8.51

$7.83

$7.32

CH5506

Barium Chromate

[BaCrO₄] Yellow powder

Oxidizer used in delay compositions, primarily in rockets.

lb.

$10.87

$10.00

$9.35

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CH5101

Barium Nitrate Crystals

[Ba(NO₃)₂] Sugary white crystals

Most commonly used oxidizer in producing green colors; as an oxidizer in flash powders. Should be milled to fine powder before most uses. 5 pound minimum order.

lb.

5 lb. min. order
(order in 5 lb. incr.)

$3.72

$3.47

CH8030

Barium Sulfate

[BaSO₄] Technical grade, very fine white powder

Used as a green color agent, a high temperature oxidizer in strobe mixtures, sometimes as a delay agent in glitter formulations.

lb.

$6.57

$6.04

$5.65

CH8078

Bentonite Clay

(bentonite, sodium aluminum silicate) Very fine greenish, gray, or tan powder

Used (dry) for plugs and nozzles in black powder rockets, fountains and other devices.

lb.

$2.99

$2.75

$2.57

CH8035

Benzoic Acid

[C₆H₅COOH] White powder or crystals

Used to make metallic benzoates.

lb.

$8.51

$8.51

$8.51

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CH8039

Bismuth Subcarbonate

Bismuth carbonate, basic; bismuth oxycarbonate [(BiO)₂CO₃] Fine white powder

Used as a safe alternative to lead tetraoxide in crackling microstars (dragon eggs).

1 lb.

$13.46

$12.38

$11.58

CH8040

Bismuth Trioxide

[Bi₂O₃] Light yellow powder

Used as a safe alternative to lead tetraoxide in crackling microstars (dragon eggs). 99.97% purity. 99.995% -325 mesh; 0005% +325 mesh.

lb.

$29.35

$27.00

$25.24

CH8042

Boric Acid

[H₃BO₃] White powder

Used to suppress the reaction of aluminum to water in compositions.

lb.

$6.91

$6.36

$5.94

CH8046

Boron, amorphous

[B] Dark brown powder

-325 mesh powder primarily used as a high temperature ignition composition in electric matches, primes, first fires and delay elements, in place of thermite, in rockets, in green pyrotechnic flares. Shimizu reports a 75:25 mix of boron and potassium nitrate burns brilliant green with a very high temperature.

1 oz.

$31.45

$31.45

$31.45

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CH8050

Cab-O-Sil ™

Fumed silica, colloidal silica. [SiO₂] Fluffy white powder, Cabot M-5

Used as an anti-caking agent to retard water absorbtion by hygroscopic chemicals and to make chemicals flow more freely. Sometimes used in flash powders. -325 mesh. Four ounces in weight, approximately one-half gallon volume. Shipping wt. 1 lb.

4 oz. tub

$11.32

$11.32

$11.32

CH8052

Calcium Carbonate

[CaCO₃] -325 mesh, white powder

Used as a color agent in reddish orange stars, sometimes as a filler in pyro-adhesive.

lb.

$4.18

$3.85

$3.59

CH8056

Calcium Sulfate

[CaSO₄] White powder

Used as a high temperature oxidizer and reddish-orange color agent in strobe compositions.

lb.

$6.37

$5.86

$5.48

CH8091

Campfire Blue

(copper (II) chloride, anhydrous; cupric chloride; campfire blue) [CuCl₂] Brownish powder

Used in making fireplace flame color products. Produces beautiful shades of green, turquoise, and deep blue. Sprinkle directly on fires, or use in paraffin wax-coatings, or easily dissolve in water and soak wood pieces or pine cones in it.
See Copper Chloride in a fire.

lb.

$14.14

$13.01

$12.16

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CH8062

Charcoal, 20 mesh

Makes dim gold sparks in various compositions. Made from mixed hardwoods. 5 pound minimum order.

lb.

5 lb. min. order
(order in 5 lb. incr.)

$4.14

$3.87

CH8064

Charcoal, 36 mesh

Makes dim gold sparks in various compositions. Made from mixed hardwoods. 5 pound minimum order.

lb.

5 lb. min. order
(order in 5 lb. incr.)

$4.14