Blue Stars (Organic)

Blue Stars (Organic)

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 Jump to: navigation, searchIn pyrotechnics, some of the most common colour effect stars are blue stars. They're a classic favourite of those wishing for a powerful colour that can be used in almost every device. Organically fuelled stars tend to burn with a flame whereas metallic fuelled stars will burn much brighter than the organically fuelled ones.

Lancaster Blue Pumped #1 Potassium chlorate 68 Colophony resin -60 mesh 6 Paris green 22 Dextrin 4 Add 25% alcohol / 75% water	Lancaster Blue Pillbox #1 Potassium chlorate 70 Paris green 20 Shellac (60 mesh) 10 Add alcohol	Lancaster Blue Pillbox #2 Potassium perchlorate 39 Ammonium perchlorate 29 Copper carbonate 14 Red gum 14 Dextrin 4 Add 25% alcohol / 75% water Require special prime; no BP!
Shimizu Blue #1 Potassium perchlorate 60.8 Copper carbonate 12.3 Parlon 13.1 Red gum 9 Dextrin 4.8 Add 25% alcohol / 75% water	Shimizu Blue #2 Potassium perchlorate 66.5 Black copper oxide 13.4 Parlon 5.4 Red gum 9.9 Dextrin 4.8 Add 25% alcohol / 75% water	Corriea Blue #2 Screen-Sliced Potassium perchlorate 60.4 Black copper oxide 15.1 Parlon 16.9 Red gum 3.8 Dextrin 3.8 Wet with acetone (22% of total dry weight). Prime with inner coat of hot primes such a Veline Superprime, and outer coat of BP.
Hardt Blue Star #2 Potassium chlorate 65 Copper oxychloride 16 Lactose 10 PVC 5 Dextrin 4 Add 25% alcohol / 75% water	Hardt Blue Star #3 Potassium chlorate 64 Copper oxychloride 19 Colophonium (Vinsol type) 5 Stearin (Stearic acid) 2 Chlorinated paraffin 5 Dextrin 5 Add 25% alcohol / 75% water	Hardt Blue Star #4 Potassium chlorate 62 Cupric oxide 13 Red gum 9 Parlon 11 Dextrin 5 Add 25% alcohol / 75% water
Hardt Blue Star #5 Potassium perchlorate 61 Copper carbonate (basic) 12 Red gum 9 Parlon 13 Dextrin 5 Add 25% alcohol / 75% water	Hardt Blue Star #6 Potassium perchlorate 62 Copper oxychloride 12 Sulphur 18 Dechlorane 4 Dextrin 4 Add 25% alcohol / 75% water	Hardt Blue Star #7 Potassium perchlorate 39 Ammonium perchlorate 29 Copper carbonate (basic) 14 Red gum 14 Dextrin 4 Add 25% alcohol / 75% water Requires special prime; no BP!
Conkling Blue #2 Potassium perchlorate 65 Copper carbonate 14 Parlon 10 Red gum 6 Dextrin 5 Add 25% alcohol / 75% water	Bleser Blue #1 Potassium chlorate 12 Barium chlorate 53 Paris green 8 Black copper oxide 8 PVC 5 Red gum 10 Dextrin 4 Add 25% alcohol / 75% water	Bleser Blue #2 Potassium chlorate 65 Copper oxychloride 12 Lactose 13 Hexachlorobenzene 5 Dextrin 5 Add 25% alcohol / 75% water
Jennings-White #1 Ammonium perchlorate 70 Hexamine 15 Cuprous chloride 10 Dextrin 5 Add 25% alcohol / 75% water Requires special prime; no BP!	Jennings-White #2 Potassium chlorate 65 Cuprous chloride 20 Strontium carbonate 5 Shellac 10 Add alcohol	Pihko AP #1 Ammonium perchlorate 60 Sulfur 17 Black copper oxide 20 Red gum 6 Add 25% alcohol / 75% water Requires special prime; no BP!
Pihko KP #2 Potassium perchlorate 63 Black copper oxide 13 Parlon 14 Red gum 10 Add 25% alcohol / 75% water	Pihko AP#4 Ammonium perchlorate 60 Sulfur 10 Black copper oxide 20 PVC 12 Dextrin 10 Add 25% alcohol / 75% water Requires special prime; no BP!	Conkling Blue #1 Potassium perchlorate 65 Black copper oxide 14 Parlon 9 Red gum 7 Dextrin 5 Add 25% alcohol / 75% water
New Blue Ammonium perchlorate 82 Copper benzoate 18 Binder 1% Nitrocellulose laquer (Bleser), or +5% Dextrin & alcohol/water (Skylighter) Do NOT prime with anything containing nitrates or chlorates!