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[Caramanos2000]

Will black powder ignite Titanium to give a similar effect as Ti flash salutes? I wanted to add some Ti to regular shells.

[T-sec]

Will black powder ignite Titanium to give a similar effect as Ti flash salutes? I wanted to add some Ti to regular shells.

Yep, normally it will.

[marble]

No problems

[W.P]

Except for the bright flash, yes.

Edited by W.P, 03 December 2007 - 05:47 AM.

[Bonny]

Sounds like a safer way to make Ti salutes if it works. Adding a few grams of flash would probably turn up the volume and make it much less scary to build.

[MDH]

With regular black powder you can simply fold over a thick paper based (Read: Not craft/cardboard paper) tube and have a fuse going in through one folded end. Yes -- Titanium will work, and in fact may be the only one that will as I have used coarse steel/AL which while adding some light are barely visible at all when the item goes off.

I have yet to try magnesium with it although I'm sure it would be very bright and look quite pleasant.

Edited by MDH, 07 December 2007 - 09:15 PM.

[Caramanos2000]

I also have magnesium but it doesnt give the slight hang effect Ti does because the Mg I have is too small.

[seymour]

As everyone has said, yes. However it will naturally be a bit less bright and will not fly so far. One of the things I love about Ti is its ease of ignition, you can even mix it into willow stars and it will burn.

[Valec]

As everyone has said, yes. However it will naturally be a bit less bright and will not fly so far. One of the things I love about Ti is its ease of ignition, you can even mix it into willow stars and it will burn.

Additionally, depending on particle size, Mg gives sort of a soft crackling effect (well not crackling really, but sounds quite nice).
Try adding some cheap coarse Mg to the break charge of a shell .