Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Potassium Perchlorate, Antimony Sulfide, and Aluminum Powder?

A friend of mine has this bag with:


2 parts Potassium Perchlorate


1 part Antimony Sulfide


1 part Aluminum Powder





(by weight).





He has offered to give it to me, however, I do not know what the uses for it are. Is this a useful mixture for household activities? Is it for explosives? What is it for? While I hate aluminum powder because it gets EVERYWHERE, I am very curious what this bag does.Potassium Perchlorate, Antimony Sulfide, and Aluminum Powder?
Get rid of it. It's flash powder,which has been classified as a high explosive by the BATFE, which means it's illegal for you to have/store without a Type 20 High Explosives License.


Storing flash powder in a plastic bag is a horrible idea. Plastic can create static, static is your worst enemy around flash, which can light from a static charge.

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