Claims
- 1. In a pyrotechnic device adapted to expel an illuminant or flare at a substantial elevation and having an initiating charge, a propelling charge, a delay charge and an expelling charge, said charges having a cooperating relationship to cause sequential reaction of the charges and expulsion of the flare or illuminant, the improvement characterized by having at least one ctnarge being a red powder energetic composition comprising a dispersion of an alkali metal nitrate, sulfur and phenolphthalein in a binding phase, the binding phase being an alkali metal phenolphthalein salt.
- 2. The pyrotechnic device of claim 1 wherein at least one red powder charge is comprised of granules.
- 3. The pyrotechnic device of claim 1 wherein at least one red powder charge is in a consolidated form.
- 4. The article of claim 1 wherein the consolidated red powder charge is in the form of consolidated granules,
- 5. The pyrotechnic device of claim 1 wherein there are at least two red powder charges and having at least one charge in the form of granules and at least one charge in a consolidated form.
- 6. The device of claim 4 wherein the red powder charge includes the propelling charge.
- 7. The device of claim 6 wherein the propelling charge has four grains.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 094,411, filed 8, Jul. 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,320,691.
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