Flash powder testing

Testing 5 different kinds of aluminum flash powder. The Indian blackhead, German dark pyro, blue aluminum, homemade ball milled aluminum foil, and kno3 based flash powder confined and unconfined burn test of all.

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  • @francismusso7644
    @francismusso764410 ай бұрын

    The best but still safe mix for the biggest and loudest confined bang is KCLO4 and MgAl with a 50/50 mix by weight. If you can, get at least 1000 mesh or 2000 mesh MgAl. Screen or mix on paper . Screen the Oxidizer separately to get it free flowing so it mixes well with the Mgal. Worked in Fireworks factory for several years. My nickname is old BOOM. 😊😊

  • @thatoneguy454c

    @thatoneguy454c

    6 ай бұрын

    If you mix KCLO4 flash powder in the right quantity with extremely fine aluminum and Sulphur it is actually self confining. You can get incredible detonation velocity for a mechanical pyrotechnic mixture.

  • @patman0250

    @patman0250

    5 ай бұрын

    Actually you can substitute that perk with potassium nitrate, and instead of mag/al just use mag. 50/50 mix. Whatever makes you make at 10% sulfur and you got a very powerful very safe flash.

  • @TheMulletMafia1

    @TheMulletMafia1

    3 ай бұрын

    Kno3?

  • @t.g.3785

    @t.g.3785

    3 ай бұрын

    33/33/33 for a bigger bang. 70/30 with the right oxidizer beat kclo3 and kclo4. Detonation can’t be achieved with flash powder. For detonation the speeds needs to be 3000m/s.

  • @unknowndivision170

    @unknowndivision170

    3 ай бұрын

    But perchlorate not available on regular shop. Only available for industry. So potassium nitrate still good substitution and far more cheap

  • @avenueroo
    @avenueroo9 ай бұрын

    Thank you Jerry, you gave a lot of information in your video.

  • @brianrosales9009
    @brianrosales90092 жыл бұрын

    Thanks this helped a lot keep the good work up man

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    2 жыл бұрын

    Welcome.

  • @patman0250
    @patman02506 ай бұрын

    A lot of people say that Indian blackhead it's much better than the German "super" or whatever you want call it. Looks like there's a new king in town.

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    4 ай бұрын

    It doesn't mix together with kclo4 as good as the 5413 does but it does work as good or better.

  • @patman0250

    @patman0250

    Ай бұрын

    @@jeremyarnold1979 Depends how find your Perk is. My three micron Indian blackhead mixes perfectly. But even then what's a little extra mixing if the performance is much louder.

  • @3ccdmike
    @3ccdmike3 ай бұрын

    Nice work. I am your 120th sub.

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    15 күн бұрын

    Thank you.

  • @BK-hl2lh
    @BK-hl2lh22 күн бұрын

    Ive been using Indian aluminum for yrs, never tried any other but i really like it!

  • @dr.fillyblunt7505
    @dr.fillyblunt75052 ай бұрын

    I've tried the german and indian and I probably wouldnt be able to tell a difference unless I was to do them side by side. I think the indian might be just a hair weaker but that's probably expectation bias on my end due to it being cheaper. My main gripe is with how hygeoscopic the oxidizer is. I can screen it as many times as I want but once it's mixed it balls up and I jave a bunch of clumps of oxidizer in my comp. I wonder if it's enough to throw off the ratio.

  • @ChaplainDaveSparks
    @ChaplainDaveSparks6 ай бұрын

    Interesting ... I think this is the first time adding *sulfur* to flash powder has been mentioned. Is it supposed to have the same effect as adding it to *_black powder_* does?

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    4 ай бұрын

    Adding sulfur to most compositions lowers the ignition point to make it easier to lite.

  • @TheFireGoose
    @TheFireGoose10 ай бұрын

    Those lil cherry bombs where great considering their size

  • @jimmysrandomness
    @jimmysrandomness2 жыл бұрын

    The indian confinded wat was de oxider kno3 or kclo4?

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    2 жыл бұрын

    Kclo4

  • @jasonboyd5740
    @jasonboyd57402 күн бұрын

    Great video!👍 Do you still mix a 70/30 for the Indian flake?

  • @henryk405
    @henryk405 Жыл бұрын

    What type of kclo4 do you use. does it have anticake?

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    Жыл бұрын

    325 Chinese w/anticake

  • @Idrinklight44
    @Idrinklight44Ай бұрын

    I do like the safety of the blue

  • @mr.kimber44
    @mr.kimber4415 күн бұрын

    I'm a little late to the game. How did you make the cherries?

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    15 күн бұрын

    Bought 1 inch hemispheres from pyro direct and flash powder then sealed with toluene.

  • @mattgoupil2224
    @mattgoupil22242 жыл бұрын

    Well, I don't think we have to worry about your 4th test with blue being unstable.

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    2 жыл бұрын

    It is different than what I'm used to but it does work.

  • @godofexplosives
    @godofexplosives Жыл бұрын

    #JeremyArnold what aluminium powder did you use in the potassium nitrate sulfur one because im from Australia the only aluminium powder I can get my hands on is normal aluminium powder 200 mesh. I have not tried it yet but on a small budget so I don't what to buy it and it does not go boom thank you travis.

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    Жыл бұрын

    I just received a batch of chems and ordered in a pound of 200 mesh so I can try it for myself and will let you no.

  • @OhnoAnt

    @OhnoAnt

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jeremyarnold1979 How did it go?

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    Жыл бұрын

    The 200 mesh aluminum was a slower flash power unconfined but worked OK confined. Not as powerful as 3 micron aluminum but will work in a pinch I'll do a video once I get to it. Thanks

  • @OhnoAnt

    @OhnoAnt

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jeremyarnold1979 a lot of the firecrackers I make with it have it all spit out the top in the video can you show how you make it well confined.

  • @OhnoAnt

    @OhnoAnt

    Жыл бұрын

    When you're going to make how much grams for sulfur, that new aluminum powder and potassium nitrate are you going to use?

  • @bossbiking22
    @bossbiking2210 ай бұрын

    Where did you get the plastic casings?

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    6 ай бұрын

    Pyrocreations.com

  • @raindrop8061

    @raindrop8061

    5 ай бұрын

    @@jeremyarnold1979 Just ordered them off that website thanks

  • @taylormarks3138
    @taylormarks31382 жыл бұрын

    Where did you get those cherry molds

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    2 жыл бұрын

    online pyro.com

  • @gyro7071
    @gyro70712 жыл бұрын

    Blue aluminum has to be mixed just right and confined into a closed no air container..

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yup that's what iv learned lol.thanks for the reply

  • @millah6110
    @millah61102 жыл бұрын

    Inian black is supposed to be dark. It’s the small amount of carbon content they add for reactivity

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    Жыл бұрын

    They spray molten aluminum onto sheets of paper then rolled super thin, after super thin it gets the paper burned off in an over which leaves a residue of pure carbon. Which in turn makes the aluminum a Lil "dirty" with pure carbon which we pyro fans love. 👌

  • @Ovation36
    @Ovation362 жыл бұрын

    The company that you ordered the powders from that's based in Georgia have you had any issues with them giving your information to say law enforcement?

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    2 жыл бұрын

    I don't do anything illegal with my chemicals but small fireworks so it doesn't matter if they no or not. They can show up anytime they want for a surprise inspection doesn't matter to me. But to answer your question not that I no about.

  • @Ovation36

    @Ovation36

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jeremyarnold1979 same here for informational purposes only. I don't think being in possession with the separate chemicals is illegal.

  • @chemistryofquestionablequa6252

    @chemistryofquestionablequa6252

    4 ай бұрын

    @@Ovation36it’s perfectly legal as long as you aren’t storing, transporting or selling any mixed flash or fireworks.

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    2 ай бұрын

    Yep.

  • @jacobsrandomvideochannel4586
    @jacobsrandomvideochannel4586 Жыл бұрын

    Here's a suggestion to increase the burn rate even more, you could mill the oxidizer for 24 hours in a very clean ball mill jar and the oxidizer might clump after but you can always screen the oxidizer after milling and this solved the slow flash problem for homemade dark aluminum in my experience and for some reason 5:5 ratio is way faster than 7:3 after milling the oxidizer, and I figured that out by mixing a 1:1 ratio of milled oxidizer and homemade dark aluminum and it went *Thump* like a thump powerful enough to quake a punk stick with only 70-100 milligrams unconfined

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    Жыл бұрын

    The oxidizer I use is very fine Chinese kclo4 with anti-cake milling it is not an option with the anticake. It's fine enough for flash powder.

  • @jacobsrandomvideochannel4586

    @jacobsrandomvideochannel4586

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jeremyarnold1979okie

  • @PyroJovanny912

    @PyroJovanny912

    11 ай бұрын

    @@jacobsrandomvideochannel4586haha you suck

  • @yhzhan9159
    @yhzhan9159 Жыл бұрын

    Do they make a big difference when confined?

  • @Smokin_skies

    @Smokin_skies

    Жыл бұрын

    Ummm yeah. When it's confined it forces it to create alot of pressure to escape. If that dude would have used the same amount of powder he was testing in a tube, it would have been one hell of a bang.

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep confined it works really good above 10grams.

  • @JohnSmith-bj8gw
    @JohnSmith-bj8gw2 жыл бұрын

    Great video! Whats in the homemade stuff if i may ask?

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ball milled cheap aluminum foil that was ran thru paper shredder then a coffee grinder then added 95% aluminum to 5% willow or balsa charcoal ball milled for 5 days opening the mill jar twice a day to let air in.

  • @JohnSmith-bj8gw

    @JohnSmith-bj8gw

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jeremyarnold1979 thanks sir! And those little cherry bomb shells? How do they hold together are they glued?

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep, they are melted together using toluene.

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    Жыл бұрын

    I have replaced the willow/balsa with eastern red cedar and works just as good and is cheaper to make.

  • @jonathanleon6615
    @jonathanleon6615 Жыл бұрын

    Why is my FP so slow is it because of old kno3?

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    Жыл бұрын

    Could be unsure, or not milled fine enough or bad aluminum. Could be a mix of both.

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    Жыл бұрын

    Un pure not unsure lol. Dang spell check.

  • @aspect2756
    @aspect2756 Жыл бұрын

    What do you guys think is the most stable form of flash powder?

  • @godofexplosives

    @godofexplosives

    Жыл бұрын

    what aluminium powder did he use in the potassium nitrate sulfur one because im from Australia the only aluminium powder I can get my hands on is normal aluminium powder 200 mesh. I have not tried it yet but on a small budget so I don't what to buy it and it does not go boom thank you travis.

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    Жыл бұрын

    I just responded on the time fuse one, good luck.

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    Жыл бұрын

    On the nitrate flash I use ball milled potassium nitrate eckart 5413 3 micron and rubber makers sulfur.

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    Жыл бұрын

    I have also used my homemade aluminum powder which is 95% aluminum foil and 5% carbon (eastern red cedar) and have had success. BUT I have lost more to spontaneous combustion than iv been able to keep. After the 48 hour mark of ball milling the jar needs to be opened atleast twice a day, at least. Wouldn't hurt to open the jar 4 or 5 times a day to let oxygen in and give the media time to cool a bit.

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    Жыл бұрын

    Regular flash at 7/3 kclo4/al This is the industry standard. Once confined in a shell it's as safe as any other composition we use.

  • @mrnk85
    @mrnk852 жыл бұрын

    Bro next time tape about 3/4 of the fuse then lay the compound on top of the taped fuse.

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yep for sure lol .

  • @TheKing-cl1sh
    @TheKing-cl1sh Жыл бұрын

    Where did you get the German dark pyro aluminium powder?

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    Жыл бұрын

    HCS Supply .com

  • @avenueroo

    @avenueroo

    9 ай бұрын

    Please check the address, nothing coming up fireworks related, thanx. @@jeremyarnold1979

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    6 ай бұрын

    It came rite up for me. HOBBY CHEMICAL SUPPLY

  • @MT-in3tp
    @MT-in3tp2 жыл бұрын

    homemade was respectable too

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    2 жыл бұрын

    yup it was. thanks

  • @jayblackDAHOOLIGANpYRo
    @jayblackDAHOOLIGANpYRo11 ай бұрын

    Have u ever heard of eckart 120 aluminum

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    6 ай бұрын

    Yep

  • @Tungoon
    @Tungoon4 ай бұрын

    Blue needs a catalyst like a touch of sulfur

  • @gyro7071
    @gyro70712 жыл бұрын

    I used to be a pyrotechnician

  • @madmattdigs9518
    @madmattdigs95183 ай бұрын

    I like Magnesium and persulfate

  • @bossbiking
    @bossbiking Жыл бұрын

    Where did you get the plastic shells

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    11 ай бұрын

    Online pyro.com

  • @user-wg3vk3iq5j
    @user-wg3vk3iq5j Жыл бұрын

    Fuse flying hahaha😂

  • @gyro7071
    @gyro70712 жыл бұрын

    👍

  • @gyro7071
    @gyro70712 жыл бұрын

    And all your mixtures are going to deviant between your flash powders potassium perchlorate 70/30

  • @Idrinklight44
    @Idrinklight44Ай бұрын

    Put your fuse and powder in wrong positions, put tape at end of fuse with powder right before it

  • @rubs4443
    @rubs44435 ай бұрын

    please the best for firecrakers

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    2 ай бұрын

    Standard 70/30 kclo4/al works perfectly

  • @rubs4443

    @rubs4443

    2 ай бұрын

    @@jeremyarnold1979 thanks

  • @Kirt44
    @Kirt442 жыл бұрын

    The german is the one u want its defently the fastest

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    2 жыл бұрын

    Not in this test the Indian was faster and had a louder pop to it than the German. I'm using Indian in everything now.

  • @TheeThunderGod

    @TheeThunderGod

    Жыл бұрын

    Indian is faster, especially if its the 2 micron Indian. I have alot of it.

  • @TheeThunderGod

    @TheeThunderGod

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jeremyarnold1979 Indian gives u the best balance of bass, power, and sound/pressure output. There's a 3 micron atomized that hits HARD af too! I guess people avoid it cuz its atomized but its a lil more expensive for a reason, the shyt puts out a crazy pressure wave. I only see a couple KZread vids of people using it im guessing cuz nobody knows that 3 micron atomized works tremendously in salutes. It was actually the 1st Aluminum i ever worked with.

  • @TheeThunderGod

    @TheeThunderGod

    Жыл бұрын

    Hansen, German aint the fastest. 2 micron Indian is. Almost all Indian is faster. But i dont use cab-o-sil cut Chinese kclo4, i use High Purity only. No cheap chems this way.

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    Жыл бұрын

    In my personal testing, the 325 w/anticake compared to high purity kclo4 the wad no distinction between the 2. So I use anticake for ease of mixing. The high purity seems to clump and needs screened before mixing. Using the Chinese stuff rite out the bag and aluminum out the bag straight to mixing.

  • @maxbuust8670
    @maxbuust86707 ай бұрын

    Blue al tekee syvän basso äänen kun saat sen toimimaan.

  • @thomasmaisonet301
    @thomasmaisonet3012 жыл бұрын

    Mix find magnesium with the blue aluminum 50/50 then it should work nicely

  • @jonwolfford0601
    @jonwolfford06016 ай бұрын

    53% kno3 33% Al 14% S make your kno3 way finer and use 5 micron Al

  • @gyro7071
    @gyro70712 жыл бұрын

    And there are other flash powders but I'm not going to get into the detail because they are more of volatile

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes I have 18 different types that I use. Some leave a dark black cloud and some leaves a grey cloud and iv got 2 types that are dark salutes that can't be seen.😉

  • @gyro7071
    @gyro70712 жыл бұрын

    Potassium chlorate 70/30

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    2 жыл бұрын

    Don't like the chlorate the kclo4 is louder anyways in my testing

  • @gyro7071
    @gyro70712 жыл бұрын

    Ammonia nitrate 4030

  • @Xray03

    @Xray03

    8 ай бұрын

    tf u talkin ab

  • @gyro7071
    @gyro70712 жыл бұрын

    To make blackhead aluminum all you had to do is ball mill Willow charcoal make sure it's Willow then you mix it 50/50 or 3050 30 Willow 50 aluminum make sure you Mill it for about 7 days each not together make sure you breathe the aluminum out of the ball mill so it don't explode or combust

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    2 жыл бұрын

    Not from my experience it's more like 95/5 to 90/10 and the 10 is way to much charcoal

  • @gyro7071
    @gyro70712 жыл бұрын

    Sodium nitrate 6020

  • @Xray03

    @Xray03

    8 ай бұрын

    ?

  • @An-fm2vm
    @An-fm2vm8 ай бұрын

    🤣🤣💣✖️🤣

  • @yancahya2143
    @yancahya21432 жыл бұрын

    Funny fuse. Or u

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    2 жыл бұрын

    Huh?? The fuse is greenn24-30 seconds a foot. Cannon fuse. Or safety fuse.

  • @justlame6363
    @justlame63632 жыл бұрын

    Blue al works only with potassium chlorate

  • @TheeThunderGod

    @TheeThunderGod

    2 жыл бұрын

    Not true at all my guy.

  • @TheeThunderGod

    @TheeThunderGod

    2 жыл бұрын

    Potassium chlorate actually makes any mix a lil less stable and more sensitive. We stay away from it. Its less stable, more sensitive but, performance is lower than perchlorate.

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    2 жыл бұрын

    Not true, i figured it out. i was using pure blue al and kclo4 un confined but larger quanities of that mix was awesome, more than 10 grams works awesome.

  • @mrnk85

    @mrnk85

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jeremyarnold1979 can you demo please I'd like to see it in action.

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    2 жыл бұрын

    I sure can I'll make one on video and sho what it can do. Give me a week or so

  • @Aaron-zu3xn
    @Aaron-zu3xn3 ай бұрын

    if you really wanna test your ball milled aluminium add it to nitromethane

  • @jason8821
    @jason88215 ай бұрын

    Ok so im not hating but a few things I must say about this video that I have to say because people imitate what they see and a couple things he did where extremely dangerous. First never stand that close even with unconfined because certain mixtures can act completely differently and 10 grams of unconfind will detonate like a high explosive. ALSO DONT BE SMOKING A CIGARETTE ESPECIALLY OVER 5 EXPLOSIVES (yes we all saw your ash fall) but the biggest "DONT DO" is when lightning them off do not use a bic lighter or light it in your hand because you could very easily left residue on the Fuze then go to light it and BOOM no more fingers! Also the same goes for placing one in the same spot you just lit one off at for the same reason, one amber then all of a sudden no more fingers. The propane touch was the way to go and the fuzes where even better or anything that keeps you and your fingers away from it. Flash will always catch you by surprise, I know from experience so please all be safe! I've seen 1 gram of unconfind punch a hole through a metal Petri dish and made a 7 inch Circle of grass just disappear so now imagine that but with ten grams and your standing 4 feet away. Hope this helps and have fun blowing shit up lol

  • @bussi7859
    @bussi78599 ай бұрын

    Fiasco

  • @bussi7859
    @bussi78599 ай бұрын

    Learn to spell sulfur

  • @jeremyarnold1979

    @jeremyarnold1979

    15 күн бұрын

    Who misspelled sulfur?