How Colored Smoke Bombs Are Made

Great care will be needed if you intend to assemble a home-made smoke bomb

. People who know about these things do not recommend that hobbyists and people casually interested in them should undertake to create their own bombs.

There are possibilities of mishaps happening in the process of mixing the ingredients of the smoke fireworks. With the more combustible components, these mishaps can be life-threatening. Besides, even when these explosive chemicals are in storage, they can be ignited by other chemicals, by friction or by sudden impact.

The only type of smoke pyrotechnics that can be created without much danger at home is the one consisting of potassium nitrate and sugar.

Besides the oxidant, you will need the fuel. In this case, we use brown sugar because it creates a lot of smoke.

You also have to have some table sugar or sucrose. If you use brown table sugar, more smoke will be produced.

Although it is possible to detonate a smoke bomb when the components are in powder form, the powder mixture will have to be mixed well. In the process of mixing the powder, the danger of causing heat induced by friction is present. This may just ignite the mixture before the bomb has been prepared.

In order not to expose themselves to the possibility of igniting the powder while preparing the bomb, people prefer to grind them in separate mortars and mix them with a small amount of water, stirring carefully unit the texture of the substance approximates that of yoghurt. Water will have to be added carefully.

To extend the life of the bomb, sodium bicarbonate may be added to the mix. This regulates the rate of the combustion and allows more smoke to be produced.

Very often a pinch of sodium bicarbonate is added into the solution. This is to slow down the oxidation process and give time for the smoke to be emitted from the bomb before it burns itself up.

To produce colored smoke, some organic dyes may be placed into the mix. The best dyes to use are blue and yellow or any combination of the two. The bicarbonate and the dyes are added to the mix just as it begins to feel like paste.

Those who have never seen smoke bombs in their lives let alone made one, should not try to DIY them. For starters, and to get to see how the ingredients look and perform, they should purchase a bomb kit. As usual, the usual research and inquiry will have to be done to make sure they are purchasing a good kit.

They are usually going at around $50. Although that seems a lot of money to pay for a smoking firework, you will avoid all the hazards of preparing the bomb yourself.

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by: James Chen

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