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AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
InventorsAmee W LaBonte, Michael F. Kauzlarich
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A reduced toxicity pyrotechnic strobe composition and method includes creating a mixture of strontium nitrate, magnalium, sulfur, and no more than 10 parts by weight of a nitrocellulose binder. The strontium nitrate may comprise 27 percent of the mixture. The magnalium may comprise a 50:50 blend of magnesium and aluminum. The magnalium may comprise 18 percent of the mixture. The sulfur may comprise 55 percent of the mixture. The mixture may include a pulse rate of approximately one pulse per minute. The method may further include modifying the pulse rate of the mixture. The method may further include using a reduced particle size of the magnalium. The method may further include substituting no more than 12.5% of the strontium nitrate with potassium nitrate.
A reduced toxicity pyrotechnic strobe composition consisting essentially of a mixture of strontium nitrate, magnalium, sulfur, and a nitrocellulose binder, wherein said strontium nitrate comprises about 27 percent of said mixture, said magnalium comprises about 18 percent of said mixture, and wherein said sulfur comprises about 55 percent of said mixture.
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