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K.L. and B.J Kosanke Introduction: A study of electric match sensitiveness and performance has recently been completed, and a summary of the results is being presented as a series of short articles. This is the ninth article in the series[1] and presents the results of tests to determine the effective thermal output for the same …
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K.L. and B.J Kosanke Fire sculptures are not a true pyrotechnic effect, being produced simply by the burning of a liquid fuel in air. Nonetheless their use can contribute rather nicely to firework displays that include ground effects. Fire sculptures form continuous images in yellow fire that burn for 10 minutes or more. This is …
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K.L. Kosanke Conventional accelerants used in arson crimes, such as gasoline, readily burn in air producing flame temperatures of about 3000 °F. Yet these accelerants generally lack the ability to produce major involvements in short times. This is because, like most combustion reactions, they must rely on a continuing supply of air to provide the needed …
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K.L. and B.J. Kosanke Over the years, we have had occasion to work with a fairly large number of different fuse products. One of the more important characteristics of a pyrotechnic fuse is its burn rate, but often that is not specified by the supplier. Thus, when we have had a large enough supply of …
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Ken Kosanke SaranTM resin in its most common form isSaran Wrap,TM the original plastic food wrap manufactured by Dow Chemical. Technically, Saran resin is polyvinylidene chloride, which has the chemical formula of: Ref: Selected Pyrotechnic Publication of K.L. and B.J Kosanke, Part 2, (1990-1992), pp 34-34 (K2_34)

K.L. Kosanke, L.A. Schwertley and B.J. Kosanke Aerial shell burst height data is perhaps one of the more interesting and important pieces of information that an artistically minded display designer needs. Unfortunately, this information has generally not been available and has essentially never been reported in the technical fireworks literature. One of the authors recently …
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