Issue 7, 2018
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Chemical Communications

Flare or strobe: a tunable chlorine-free pyrotechnic system based on lithium nitrate†

Johann Glück, ORCID logo a   Thomas M. Klapötke ORCID logo *a  and  Jesse J. Sabatinib  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Butenandtstraße 5-13 (D), Germany
E-mail: tmk@cup.uni-muenchen.de

b US Army Research Laboratory, Energetics Technology Branch, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005, USA
E-mail: jesse.j.sabatini.civ@mail.mil

Abstract

The development of a red, chlorine-/strontium-free pyrotechnic composition which serves as either a strobe or a flare is reported. The observed strobing behaviour of a red-light emitting composition of Mg/LiNO3/hexamine/binder was investigated. Additives like 5-amino-1H-tetrazole and nitrocellulose were used to increase the strobing frequency and achieve constant burning.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C7CC09721B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
20 Dec 2017
Accepted
24 Dec 2017
First published
25 Dec 2017

Chem. Commun., 2018,54, 821-824

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Flare or strobe: a tunable chlorine-free pyrotechnic system based on lithium nitrate

J. Glück, T. M. Klapötke and J. J. Sabatini, Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 821 DOI: 10.1039/C7CC09721B

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