{"id":288,"date":"2007-02-07T16:01:36","date_gmt":"2007-02-07T16:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jpyro.com\/wp\/?p=288"},"modified":"2007-02-07T16:01:36","modified_gmt":"2007-02-07T16:01:36","slug":"silicone-ii-a-new-fuel-and-binder-for-fireworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/?p=288","title":{"rendered":"Silicone II: A New Fuel and Binder for Fireworks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font face=\"TimesNewRomanPSMT\"><strong>Ken Burdick<\/strong><\/font> <\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>ABSTRACT:<\/strong> This paper presents some initial work on the use of silicones including GE Silicone II (GE280 and GE5000) as a fuel and binder in fireworks. Some of the pros and cons of silicones are covered, as well as a partial list of safety concerns. A brief review of silicone chemistry is included as a background for the choice of suitable silicone materials. This is followed by some pyrotechnic chemistry, including observations, methods, and ideas for how to use silicone compositions in fireworks. Silicones show great promise for certain applications and may prove to be safer and less costly than some of the materials they could replace.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Keywords:<\/strong> silicone, fuel, binder, rocketry, potassium perchlorate, ammonium perchlora<font face=\"TimesNewRomanPSMT\">te<\/font><\/p>\n<p> <font face=\"TimesNewRomanPSMT\"><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Ref:<\/strong> JPyro, Issue 8, 1998, pp31-41<br \/> (J8_31)<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ken Burdick ABSTRACT: This paper presents some initial work on the use of silicones including GE Silicone II (GE280 and GE5000) as a fuel and binder in fireworks. Some of the pros and cons of silicones are covered, as well as a partial list of safety concerns. A brief review of silicone chemistry is included &hellip;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/?p=288\" class=\"more-link pen_button pen_element_default pen_icon_arrow_double\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Silicone II: A New Fuel and Binder for Fireworks<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}