Pyrolant
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Pyrolant
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A pyrolant is an energetic material that generates hot flames upon combustion. Pyrolants are metal-based pyrotechnic compositions containing virtually any oxidizer.
The term was originally coined by Kuwahara in 1992, in a paper on magnesium/Teflon/Viton, to distinguish between compositions that serve as propellants and those yielding hot flames which are not necessarily suitable for propellant purposes. Thermites constitute a subdivision of pyrolants referring to mixtures containing a narrow ran
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Special pyrotechnic term
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrolant
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2023-01-17T16:31:44Z
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