Oxidizers
in color compositions, 156,
Shellac, 77
Surface area, effect of, 89, 116-
chlorine and fluorine in, 54, 63
161
Silicon, 72, 129
117
for color compositions, 154
in delays, 132
Smoke, 167-176
ratio with fuels, 74
in "flash and sound" compo-
Smokeless powder, 138
reactivity sequence for, 112
sitions, 177
Sodium atom
Tammann temperature, 100-102
requirements for, 51-54
oxidation numbers in, 19
energy levels of, 44
Teflon, 54
table of, 52-53
properties of, 59
light emission from, 44-46,
Temperature
thermal decomposition of, 59
51, 143, 163
effect on reaction rate, 28
with magnesium, 19
Sodium bicarbonate, 39, 57, 80
of pyrotechnic flame, 117-118
Paris green, 160
Pressure
in colored smoke mixtures,
Thermal conductivity, 37, 90
Particle size, effect of, 88, 101
external, effect of, 114-116
170
table of, 37
Phosphorus
loading, 91, 113, 132
Sodium compounds
Thermite reaction, 63, 134-137
as a fuel, 73
vapor, of liquids, 34
for yellow light compositions,
Thermodynamics, discussion of,
for white smoke, 168, 172
Prime composition, 126
150, 153, 164
21-27
forms of, 73
Primer, 127
hygroscopicity of, 51
Thermograms (see also Differen-
in friction igniters, 127
Propagation of burning, 98,
light emission by, 51
tial thermal analysis)
properties of, 73
111-117
Sodium nitrate, 51, 143-147
appearance of, 40
190
Index
[ Thermograms]
White smoke compositions,
of black powder, 43
172-176
of potassium chlorate /sulfur
system, 106-107
of potassium nitrate/sulfur
X rays, crystal structure
system, 103-105
using, 39
of smokeless powder, 42
of trinitrotoluene, 41
Titanium, 69, 101, 144
Trinitrotoluene (TNT), 12, 41
Yellow flame compositions,
Tungsten, 130
150, 163, 165
emission spectrum of, 164
Water, vaporization of, 113
Whistle effect, 176, 178
White light
Zinc chloride, 168, 175
compositions for, 143, 146
Zinc oxide, 175
production of, 143-147
Zirconium, 70, 101, 134, 144
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