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Pyrotechnic & Fireworks Chemicals
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Buy Boron, Boric Acid, Bentonite, Benzoic Acid, Barium Sulfate, Barium Chloride, Barium Nitrate, Barium Carbonate
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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Description
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CH8025C
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Barium Carbonate 8 oz. tub
[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. 98% purity.
Ground Shipping Only - No Air or Overnight
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8 oz tub
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$3.50
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$3.50
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$3.50
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CH8025
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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. 98.0% minimum purity.
Unable to Ship, Must be Picked Up at Warehouse
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lb.
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$6.90
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$6.35
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$5.93
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CH5505
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Barium Chlorate
[Ba(ClO3)2•H2O] White powder
Oxidizer. Produces the very finest, rich, green flame color.
Unable To Ship, Must be Picked Up at Warehouse
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lb.
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$26.88
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$24.73
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$23.12
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CH8027C
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Barium Chloride 8 oz tub
(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.
Ground Shipping Only - No Air or Overnight
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8 oz tub
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$5.40
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$5.40
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$5.40
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Description
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5 - 9
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CH8027
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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.
Unable to Ship, Must be Picked Up at Warehouse
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lb.
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$10.77
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$9.91
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$9.26
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CH5506
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Barium Chromate
[BaCrO4] Yellow powder
Oxidizer used in delay compositions, primarily in rockets.
Limited Quanties Available
Ground Shipping Only - No Air or Overnight
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lb.
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$13.75
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$12.65
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$11.82
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CH5101
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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.
Unable To Ship, Must be Picked Up at Warehouse
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lb.
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5 lb. min. order
(order in 5 lb. incr.)
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$4.55
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$4.26
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CH8030
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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.
Order Mon-Thur by 12:00 EST - Use Tomorrow - Overnight Shipping Available
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lb.
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$8.32
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$7.65
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$7.16
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5 - 9
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CH8078
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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.
Order Mon-Thur by 12:00 EST - Use Tomorrow - Overnight Shipping Available
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lb.
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$3.78
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$3.48
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$3.25
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CH8035
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Benzoic Acid
[C6H5COOH] White powder or crystals
Used to make metallic benzoates.
Order Mon-Thur by 12:00 EST - Use Tomorrow - Overnight Shipping Available
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lb.
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$10.77
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$10.77
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$10.77
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CH8040
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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.
Order Mon-Thur by 12:00 EST - Use Tomorrow - Overnight Shipping Available
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lb.
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$37.13
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$34.16
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$31.93
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CH8042
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Boric Acid
[H3BO3] White powder
Used to suppress the reaction of aluminum to water in compositions.
Order Mon-Thur by 12:00 EST - Use Tomorrow - Overnight Shipping Available
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lb.
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$8.75
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$8.05
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$7.52
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CH8046
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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.
Ground Shipping Only - No Air or Overnight
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1 oz.
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$39.79
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$39.79
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$39.79
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