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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CH8210	Parlon� (chlorinated rubber, Chlor-Rub�, Superchlon�, chlorinated isoprene) White powder Used as a chlorine (68%) donor (and fuel to enhance colored flames and as a binder (in go-getters, for instance). Solvents are acetone and xylene. Order Mon-Thur by 12:00 EST - Use Tomorrow - Overnight Shipping Available	lb.	$23.44	$21.56	$20.16
CH8213	Polyethylene (low density polyethylene, LDPE) [[C₂H₄]_n] White powder Possible fuel or binder. Order Mon-Thur by 12:00 EST - Use Tomorrow - Overnight Shipping Available	lb.	$7.81	$7.19	$6.72
CH8216	Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) [(C₂H₃Cl)_n] White powder Used as a chlorine (57%) donor (colored flame enhancer) and fuel and as a binder in some rocket propellants. Solvent is methylene chloride. Order Mon-Thur by 12:00 EST - Use Tomorrow - Overnight Shipping Available	lb.	$10.60	$9.75	$9.12
CH8220	Potassium Benzoate, coarse or chunky style [C₆H₅COOK�(C₆H₅KO₂)] Caked, white powder Must be screened or ground into a fine powder. Used in whistle mixes in rockets and burst compositions. Occasional supply. 99.0% purity. Order Mon-Thur by 12:00 EST - Use Tomorrow - Overnight Shipping Available	lb.	$16.63	$15.30	$14.30
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CH5200	Potassium Chlorate [KClO₃] White powder Used as an oxidizer in colored flame compositions and flash powders, and most commonly as the oxidizer in colored smokes. Contains 0.2% PCP anti-cake. NEW RESTRICTIONS ON POTASSIUM CHLORATE SALES: (Click here to learn more) Ground Shipping Only - No Air or Overnight	lb.	$9.95	$9.95	$9.95
CH5525	Potassium Dichromate, orange crystals (potassium bichromate) [K₂Cr₂O₇] Orange granular powder Used as a surface treatment to suppress the corrosion and reactivity of magnesium; infrequently as an oxidizer; and as a catalyst to aid in the decomposition of potassium perchlorate, often in primes. It does this by lowering the activation energy of the chemical reaction that takes place when the composition burns. That makes the star, comet, etc. ignite at a lower temperature. Potassium dichromate enables the oxidizer to part with its oxygen with a lower input of energy than would otherwise be needed. In other words, it allows the oxidizer to decompose at a lower temperature. Ground Shipping Only - No Air or Overnight	lb.	$16.95	$15.59	$14.58
CH5302	Potassium Nitrate, technical grade, crystals (saltpeter) [KNO₃] White crystals Oxidizer used in black powder, rocket fuel, primes, and glitter and spark-producing formulations. Excellent for anything using potassium nitrate. The consistency is like granulated sugar. Use as is if you are ball milling it to make black powder, or it can be easily milled with a cheap coffee and spice grinder or a ball mill. Ground Shipping Only - No Air or Overnight	lb.	$6.55	$6.55	$6.55
CH5400	Potassium Perchlorate [KClO₄] Fine, white powder Particle size is 99% -100 mesh. 99% purity. Most commonly used oxidizer in colored flame compositions and flash powder in the US. NEW RESTRICTIONS ON POTASSIUM PERCHLORATE SALES: (Click here to learn more) Ground Shipping Only - No Air or Overnight	lb.	$9.85	$9.85	$9.85
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CH8222	Potassium Sulfate [K₂SO₄] White powder Used as a high temperature oxidizer in some white strobe compositions. Order Mon-Thur by 12:00 EST - Use Tomorrow - Overnight Shipping Available	lb.	$7.56	$6.96	$6.50