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[BIOHAZARD]

Hi Where can i get antimony sulfide used in things like stars?
and I have the following ingredients and wanted to make some fireworks so what could I make-

potassium nitrate
charcoal
sulphur
hexamine powder
magnalium powder
sodium nitrate
strontium nitrate
dextrin
Thanks

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[Bonny]

'Look and ye shall find' There is TONS of info here. Takes lots of time and lots of experimentation, but it's not a race anyway.

[Creepin_pyro]

Hi Where can i get antimony sulfide used in things like stars?

All depends on where you're based...

[dr thrust]

can it be "made" at home? ive seen antimony metal for sale,and is it just "fused", melted? with sulphur, but the fumes are toxic so i have read, so can it be made or dont bother?

[MDH]

Hi Where can i get antimony sulfide used in things like stars?
and I have the following ingredients and wanted to make some fireworks so what could I make-

potassium nitrate
charcoal
sulphur
hexamine powder
magnalium powder
sodium nitrate
strontium nitrate
dextrin
Thanks

First of all, that is all absolutely excellent. There is nothing you need antinomy sulfide with if you are making what I think you are - glitter, flash and shell burst compositions.

Potassium Nitrate, Charcoal, Magnalium, Dextrin and simple baking soda can be used to make a great glitter.

Strontium and Sodium Nitrate with magnalium, I am certian, will make two differently coloured flashes which may be nice for either reports or star cores (each star finishing with a differently coloured twinkle from a single shell is a nice effect, especially when each star is delayed for a different period of time).

You can make an earth of stars from just black powder formulae.

Frankly I wish I had some strontium nitrate right now, but the only existing Canadian supplier of pyrotechnic chemicals is absent so I have to improvise wherever possible, manufacture and find alternate resources (carbonates and sulfates from paint and geology stores, self produced perchlorates, pure metals from "the internets", common oxidizers such as nitrates from garden stores or argricultural suppliers).