Angewandte Chemie. International edition in English 2012-07-09

Periodate salts as pyrotechnic oxidizers: development of barium- and perchlorate-free incendiary formulations.

Jared D Moretti, Jesse J Sabatini, Gary Chen

Index: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 51(28) , 6981-3, (2012)

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Abstract

In a flash: pyrotechnic incendiary formulations with good stabilities toward various ignition stimuli have been developed without the need for barium or perchlorate oxidizers. KIO(4) and NaIO(4) were introduced as pyrotechnic oxidizers and exhibited excellent pyrotechnic performance. The periodate salts may garner widespread use in military and civilian fireworks because of their low hygroscopicities and high chemical reactivities.Copyright © 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.