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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CH8051	Cab-O-Sil � TS-720 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. Adding 1% by weight to oven-dried and milled oxidizers will keep them free flowing for years. Experiment with which composition you use this with. Some cautions: do not use in glitter comp's; add 25% alcohol to water-bound comp's. -325 mesh. Four ounces in weight, approximately one-half gallon volume. Shipping wt. 1 lb. Order Mon-Thur by 12:00 EST - Use Tomorrow - Overnight Shipping Available	4 oz. tub	$23.10	$23.10	$23.10
CH8050	Cab-O-Sil � M5 Fumed silica, colloidal silica. [SiO₂] Fluffy white powder, Cabot M-5 This variety of Cab-O-Sil is mainly used as an anti-caking agent 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. Order Mon-Thur by 12:00 EST - Use Tomorrow - Overnight Shipping Available	4 oz. tub	$14.32	$14.32	$14.32
CH8052	Calcium Carbonate [CaCO₃] -325 mesh, white powder Used as a color agent in reddish orange stars, sometimes as a filler in pyro-adhesive. Order Mon-Thur by 12:00 EST - Use Tomorrow - Overnight Shipping Available	lb.	$5.29	$4.87	$4.55
CH8056	Calcium Sulfate [CaSO₄] White powder Used as a high temperature oxidizer and reddish-orange color agent in strobe compositions. Order Mon-Thur by 12:00 EST - Use Tomorrow - Overnight Shipping Available	lb.	$7.95	$7.31	$6.84
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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. Ground Shipping Only - No Air or Overnight	lb.	$17.89	$16.46	$15.39
CH8062	Charcoal, 20 mesh Makes dim gold sparks in various compositions. Made from mixed hardwoods. Ground Shipping Only - No Air or Overnight	lb.	$5.70	$5.70	$5.70
CH8064	Charcoal, 36 mesh Makes dim gold sparks in various compositions. Made from mixed hardwoods. Ground Shipping Only - No Air or Overnight	lb.	$5.70	$5.70	$5.70
CH8066	Charcoal, 80 mesh Makes dim gold sparks in various compositions. Made from mixed hardwoods. Ground Shipping Only - No Air or Overnight	lb.	$5.70	$5.70	$5.70
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CH8068	Charcoal, airfloat Extremely lightweight, fine gray powder Used in black powder and other compositions. Made from mixed hardwoods. Ground Shipping Only - No Air or Overnight	lb.	$5.70	$5.70	$5.70
CH8075	Chlorowax (Chlorez 700, chlorinated paraffin resin) Cream colored powder Used as a chlorine donor (70% chlorine). -50 mesh, 97%. Solvents are xylene, acetone and alcohol. Order Mon-Thur by 12:00 EST - Use Tomorrow - Overnight Shipping Available	lb.	$11.47	$10.55	$9.86
CH8078	Clay (bentonite, sodium aluminum silicate) Very fine tan powder Used (usually 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	lb.	$3.78	$3.48	$3.25
CH8080	CMC (sodium carboxymethylcellulose, cellulose gum) White powder Used as a thickening agent and binder. Solvent is water. High viscosity, high purity sodium, carboxymethylcellose. Order Mon-Thur by 12:00 EST - Use Tomorrow - Overnight Shipping Available	lb.	$20.56	$18.92	$17.68
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CH8087	Copper (II) Carbonate (Cupric carbonate, basic) [CuCO�CU(OH)₂] Bluish-green powder Used as a blue color agent. Order Mon-Thur by 12:00 EST - Use Tomorrow - Overnight Shipping Available	lb.	$15.95	$14.67	$13.72
CH8091	Copper (II) Chloride (copper (II) chloride, anhydrous; cupric chloride; campfire blue) [CuCl₂] Yellow to brownish crystals 98% purity. Used as a blue color agent; also used as a relatively safe coloring agent for campfires, pine cones, and fireplace logs. Soluble in water. See Copper Chloride in a fire. Ground Shipping Only - No Air or Overnight	lb.	$17.89	$16.46	$15.39
CH8096	Copper (II) Oxide, black (cupric oxide) [CuO] Dark brown to black powder Used as a blue color agent. Order Mon-Thur by 12:00 EST - Use Tomorrow - Overnight Shipping Available	lb.	$12.11	$11.14	$10.41
CH8098C	Copper (II) Oxychloride [3CuO�CuCl₂�3.5H₂O] Bluish-green powder Used as a blue color agent. Ground Shipping Only - No Air or Overnight	8 oz tub	$9.12	$9.12	$9.12
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CH8085	Copper Benzoate (Benzoic acid copper(II) salt ) [C₁₄H₁₀CuO₄,xH₂O,�(C₆H₅CO₂)₂Cu,xH₂O] Turquoise colored powder Blue coloring agent for colored stars and rockets. Order Mon-Thur by 12:00 EST - Use Tomorrow - Overnight Shipping Available	lb.	$33.36	$30.69	$28.69
CH8103	Cryolite (sodium fluoaluminate) [Na₃AlF₆] White powder Used as a yellow color agent. Order Mon-Thur by 12:00 EST - Use Tomorrow - Overnight Shipping Available	lb.	$10.85	$9.98	$9.33