Ferrocerium based super flash powder - detonation test

This is a 0,16 gram detonation test of my super flash powder.
I placed it in a small pile on a thin aluminium plate. Normal flash powder would just bend it a little but this super flash powder bent it like a U and threw it more than a meter up in the air.

The ingredients are:
Ferrocerium
Sodium nitrate (NaNO3)
Magnesium (Mg)
Iron oxide (Fe2O3)
Both the ferrocerium and the magnesium was milled finer than 1 micron with this method: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeMeRhgKFsk

The bang was extremely loud and powerful.

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Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• flash powder
• super flash powder
• high explosive
• detonation
• deflagration
• explosion
• ferrocerium flash powder
• ferrocerium
• magnesium
• Mg
• aluminium
• Al
• magnalium
• MgAl
• KMnO4
• potassium permanganate
• KClO4
• potassium perchlorate

[TheDragonoxx]

When i make a small flash firecracker and place it in the center of my charges it seems to make them louder and more powerful, is it just my imagination?

[Dornier335A]

@TheDragonoxx

No, I don't think so. The small firecracker ignites the whole charge much faster than it would do without a small firecracker. Faster ignition and combustion means louder bang.

[Dornier335A]

@FranciscoSRO2

No, ferrocerium, NaNO3, Mg and a small amount of Fe2O3. It was not a detonation, just a super fast deflag. This amount of AM + ferrocerium would have blown the aluminium plate in tiny pieces =D

[FranciscoSRO2]

@Dornier335A 90 / 10 Amstrong Mix - Ferr. Rartio?

[Dornier335A]

@antiswattt2

It ignites easily, I didn't touch it on the first try.

This is my steel plate method: /watch?v=JeMeRhgKFsk

[antiswattt2]

@Dornier335A steel plate method????! what dude`?? doesnt it ignite damn easy o.O? if not then youve found the ultimate way for small time pyros :P

[skyisthelimitinc]

That was cool when you added audio to the HS

[haylingpara]

That is excellent.. very impressed.. would you be able to send me the chemical ratio's, many thanks.. take care be safe..Andy

[dirtdiggerlee]

Very nice work. After viewing this, and your other videos, I think your level of ingenuity is impressive. I really like to see the creativity resulting from the controlled use of knowledge.

[MrDestructionAddict]

@TheDragonoxx : I can vouche for the same effect. Probably not your imagination.