On Apr 25, 6:28 pm, ekim2...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> On Apr 24, 8:30 pm, Derek Nilsen <dereknil...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > 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,
>
> Actually, the most im****tant use of aluminum oxide in pyrotechny is
> the molecule-thin coat of it that forms on the surface of aluminum
> metal. This oxide coat is what makes aluminum powders so much more
> tractable and hence useful as pyrotechnic fuels than (for example)
> powdered magnesium.
is it in little ball form? if so its alumina,which is a dessicant,I
keep jars of it in my gun cabinet and in my chemical storage cabinet,I
swipped a bucket of it when I worked up north and found out about it
on the web [they threw out a whole barrel] it can be recharged in an
oven at 400 degrees for four hours
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