As Don Keeney said; "it acts as an inert ingredient in end plug mixtures".
Al2O3 is already as oxidized as Aluminum gets so the only thing it will do
in any pyrotechnic mixture is slow down the burn rate by getting between
other active fuel or oxidizer particles. It is, for all practical
purposes,
an inert material. The best use for Al2O3 is as either a pre-polish or
final
poli****ng compound for lapidary work or in larger particle sizes as an
abrasive coating on sanding papers/cloths. It is a very hard material with
a
Moh's hardness of 9.
Another poster mentioned the Hall process. As you can see, the best place
for your Al2O3 is, right where you found it.
--
Don Thompson
Stolen from Dan: "Just thinking, besides, I watched 2 dogs mating once,
and that makes me an expert. "
There is nothing more frightening than active ignorance.
~Goethe
It is a worthy thing to fight for one's freedom;
it is another sight finer to fight for another man's.
~Mark Twain
"Derek Nilsen" <dereknilsen@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:0f13029d-3e3b-40e9-88e8-f6fae113624e@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> this might be a stupid beginners question but, does aluminum oxide
> have any uses is pyrotechnics. Also, if not, is there any way to
> remove the oxygen from the Al2O3 so that i will just be left with
> Aluminum.
>
> thanks,
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