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Dr Takeo Shimizu ABSTRACT: These studies concern two important problems at present: one is how to select the component materials of a mixture not to cause degeneration, and another is to find a more effective method of magnesium coating than those at present. A firework mixture generally consists of several solid materials which are closely …
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Dr Takeo Shimizu ABSTRACT: In the past we sometimes observed a fairly large burning star caused an explosion with a loud noise at the very moment when it fell onto the ground. The star did not explode totally, but only with the thin surface layer. The burning surface layer of the star may be very …
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Dr Takeo Shimizu ABSTRACT: The objective of this work was to make clear the effect of hot spots or hot spot materials on burning pyrotechnic compositions and to find practicable strobe light compositions without ammonium perchlorate which is not always popular in the firework field, using the effect of hot spot materials. As the hot …
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Dr Takeo Shimizu ABSTRACT: At the Eleventh International Pyrotechnics Seminar, 1986, in Vail, Colorado, I reported on a study of pyrotechnic mixtures with a theme, “A Concept and the Use of Negative Explosives”. A further study has been continued on the same subject as before. In the former report it was known that magnesium sulfate/magnesium …
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Dr Takeo Shimizu ABSTRACT: Heretofore we have had four important problems with calculations in this field, i.e., with the interior ballistics when using Black Powder as the propellant: (1) to obtain a suitable form function of the propellant which consists of irregular grains, (2) to obtain solutions when the burning rate ofthe propellant grains is …
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Dr Takeo Shimizu  ABSTRACT: In general, a pyrotechnic composition consists of an oxygen donor such as KNO3, KClO3, or KClO4, etc., an oxygen donee such as organic resin and some other inert substances. When substances, CaCO3, Al2O3, SiO or CaSO4, etc. are contained in it, they are regarded as an inert substance, because they are …
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Dr Takeo Shimizu  Abstract:  First, we hypothesize that a serious accident related to the use of salutes may be caused by the simultaneous explosion of several salutes or salute components, resulting in an unexpected, abnormally strong shock wave. To prove our theory, we conducted three experiments. In Experiment 1, we examined the transfer of the …
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