im really tempted, but its quite a way from me..
Does anyone know how long it should go on for? It would have to be worth the 3hr round trip i spose...
The lecture is 1hour + questions
Pretty, Pretty, Bang! Bang!
Started by chemicalwazi, Oct 15 2005 09:30 AM
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Posted 03 November 2005 - 09:42 AM
The lecture is 1hour + questions
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Posted 03 November 2005 - 12:55 PM
Chemicalwazi and Karlfoxman, I was going to give you a shout as I did a show in Cambridge last night but figured you would be at the seminar.
I must have seen the show from my window, as while making dinner I heard a large ammount of pyro going off, and ran over to watch!
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Posted 04 November 2005 - 01:00 AM
Well, just got back from the lecture ( or rather the pub following it). The demonstrations were pretty good, but most of the content was pretty basic. She explained why Ti crackles ('cos of the oxide layer breaking), which was interesting, but the level of the talk was more aimed at the complete layman with little knowledeg of chemistry.
A few things seemed plain wrong - she said bp rockets only work with a core drilled in- what about endburners?, and she refered to bp as a 'high explosive'.
She also talked about an amazing never before seen type of firework with a secret ingredient told to her by an old chinese gentleman- it turned out to be a strobe!
on the whole it was an interesting talk, but it suffered at being aimed a children too much.
Also it was great to meet up with the other guys that made it along!
p.s do Kimbolton make any of there own consumer fireworks?
A few things seemed plain wrong - she said bp rockets only work with a core drilled in- what about endburners?, and she refered to bp as a 'high explosive'.
She also talked about an amazing never before seen type of firework with a secret ingredient told to her by an old chinese gentleman- it turned out to be a strobe!
on the whole it was an interesting talk, but it suffered at being aimed a children too much.
Also it was great to meet up with the other guys that made it along!
p.s do Kimbolton make any of there own consumer fireworks?
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Posted 06 November 2005 - 12:43 PM
Well, just got back from the lecture ( or rather the pub following it). The demonstrations were pretty good, but most of the content was pretty basic. She explained why Ti crackles ('cos of the oxide layer breaking), which was interesting, but the level of the talk was more aimed at the complete layman with little knowledeg of chemistry.
A few things seemed plain wrong - she said bp rockets only work with a core drilled in- what about endburners?, and she refered to bp as a 'high explosive'.
She also talked about an amazing never before seen type of firework with a secret ingredient told to her by an old chinese gentleman- it turned out to be a strobe!
on the whole it was an interesting talk, but it suffered at being aimed a children too much.
Also it was great to meet up with the other guys that made it along!
p.s do Kimbolton make any of there own consumer fireworks?
Depends what you mean "thier own consumer fireworks". If you refer to thier boxes that you buy in the shop - no - but if you refer to the mail order catalog - then yes - it's a mixture of import and thier own made staff.
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