Making fireworks requires chemicals with very specific properties and characteristics. Skylighter offers a wide variety of chemicals used to make fireworks and pyrotechnic devices. Here you will find all the common oxidizers and fuels such as potassium perchlorate, potassium nitrate (saltpeter), sodium nitrate, strontium nitrate, aluminum and other metal powders used in making fireworks. But Skylighter can also provide you with many less common and hard to find fireworks chemicals such as Parlon, saran, red gum, starpol, Chlorowax, and dozens of others. More resources on making fireworks and using pyrotechnic chemicals.

Unless otherwise noted, all fireworks and pyrotechnic chemicals come packed in a twist-tied plastic bag in a sealed, reusable plastic tub. Some, very light-weight, high-volume pyrotechnic chemicals (like air float charcoal, lampblack, and Cab-O-Sil) are packed in boxes instead of tubs. Each container is labeled, shows the chemical's safety rating, and contains a material safety data sheet (MSDS) for that chemical. The pyrotechnic chemicals we supply are generally technical grade, sometimes better. Technical grade is generally defined as "chemicals of reasonable purity." Our fireworks chemicals' descriptions have been excerpted from The Illustrated Dictionary of Pyrotechnics and Fireworks: The Art, Science and Technique.

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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. Order Mon-Thur by 12:00 EST - Use Tomorrow - Overnight Shipping Available	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. Order Mon-Thur by 12:00 EST - Use Tomorrow - Overnight Shipping Available	lb.	$16.89	$15.54	$14.53
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. Order Mon-Thur by 12:00 EST - Use Tomorrow - Overnight Shipping Available	lb.	$11.67	$10.74	$10.04
CH0100	Aluminum, atomized, spherical -400 mesh, 5 micron, uncoated Used in glitter and high-powered rocket fuels. Limit of 1 pound per order, 2 pounds per year. NEW RESTRICTIONS ON SOME ALUMINUM SALES: (Click here to learn more) Ground Shipping Only - No Air or Overnight	lb.	$38.45	$38.45	$38.45
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CH0110	Aluminum, spheroidal, -20+100 mesh Ground Shipping Only - No Air or Overnight	lb.	$15.00	$15.00	$15.00
CH0105	Aluminum, atomized, spheroidal 325 mesh, 12 micron, uncoated Commonly used in glitter and go-getter formulations. Ground Shipping Only - No Air or Overnight	lb.	$18.95	$18.95	$18.95
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. Ground Shipping Only - No Air or Overnight	lb.	$20.68	$20.68	$20.68
CH0152	Aluminum, flake, dark, German Blackhead 3 micron, coated (stearin). 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). NEW RESTRICTIONS ON DARK ALUMINUM SALES: (Click here to learn more) Ground Shipping Only - No Air or Overnight	lb.	$39.95	$39.95	$39.95
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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). WHO CAN BUY DARK ALUMINUM? (Click here to learn more) Ground Shipping Only - No Air or Overnight	lb.	$38.45	$38.45	$38.45
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. Order Mon-Thur by 12:00 EST - Use Tomorrow - Overnight Shipping Available	lb.	$21.85	$20.10	$18.79
CH0155	Aluminum, flake, firefly, mixed +40-325 mesh 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. Order Mon-Thur by 12:00 EST - Use Tomorrow - Overnight Shipping Available	lb.	$11.47	$10.55	$9.86
CH0148	Aluminum, flake, flitters, coarse -20 mesh, dark flake, coated. Eckart (German) #41813/G Used in glitter compositions. Ground Shipping Only - No Air or Overnight	lb.	$23.61	$23.61	$23.61
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CH8008	Ammonium Chloride [NH₄�Cl] White granular crystals Used in making white smokes. Order Mon-Thur by 12:00 EST - Use Tomorrow - Overnight Shipping Available	lb.	$4.95	$4.55	$4.26
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). Ground Shipping Only - No Air or Overnight	lb.	$24.78	$22.80	$21.31
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. Rotary rounded. Ground Shipping Only - No Air or Overnight	lb.	$13.38	$13.38	$13.38
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. Unable to Ship, Must be Picked Up at Warehouse	lb.	$24.77	$22.79	$21.30
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CH8010C	Antimony Trisulfide, Chinese needle 8 oz tub (antimony sulfide) [Sb₂S₃] 200 mesh, dark gray, sparkly powder Fuel used in glitter compositions and commonly in white comets and stars. Ground Shipping Only - No Air or Overnight	8 oz tub	$12.40	$12.40	$12.40
CH8011	Antimony Trisulfide, dark pyro (antimony sulfide) [Sb₂S₃] 325 mesh, dark gray powder Fuel used to increase sensitivity of flash powder. Unable to Ship, Must be Picked Up at Warehouse	lb.	$24.77	$22.79	$21.30
CH8011C	Antimony Trisulfide, dark pyro 8 oz tub (antimony sulfide) [Sb₂S₃] 325 mesh, dark gray powder Fuel used to increase sensitivity of flash powder. Ground Shipping Only - No Air or Overnight	8 oz tub	$12.40	$12.40	$12.40
CH8120	Asphaltum (gilsonite) Dark brown powder Source for carbon fuel. Order Mon-Thur by 12:00 EST - Use Tomorrow - Overnight Shipping Available	lb.	$8.75	$8.05	$7.52