Pyrotechnic Chemicals

Pyro Planet · 2026

Pyrotechnic Chemicals

Materials proven in production. The same pyrotechnic materials used in Pyro Planet’s own fireworks lines: specified, tested, and packed for professional manufacturing.

Tested every lot

A certificate of analysis ships with every batch: purity, granulometry and moisture, verified before it leaves the plant.

Export-ready packing

Woven bags, paper and iron drums packed and fully documented for international transport.

Logistics that deliver

Our chemicals ship worldwide: experienced with dangerous-goods sea freight and the documentation your import license requires.

Real technical support

Formulation questions? Our team speaks pyrotechnics. Tell us the effect and we’ll point you to the material.

CoA with every lot SDS in English & Portuguese Export documentation handled
18 items
01

Oxidizers

The engine of every pyrotechnic composition. Five production-proven oxidizers covering lift, burst, color and specialty effects, all milled to 120 mesh and packed for compliant international transport.

Potassium nitrate, as it arrives in the drum
The oxygen carriers. Every one of these releases the oxygen the fuel needs to burn.
SKU Product Purity Mesh Packing
Potassium PerchloratePPC-OX-01Potassium Perchlorate
KClO4 · CAS 7778-74-7
≥ 99.2%12025 kg woven bag
Ammonium PerchloratePPC-OX-02Ammonium Perchlorate
NH4ClO4 · CAS 7790-98-9
≥ 98%12025 kg woven bag
Potassium NitratePPC-OX-03Potassium Nitrate
KNO3 · CAS 7757-79-1
≥ 99.5%12025 kg woven bag
Barium NitratePPC-OX-04Barium Nitrate
Ba(NO3)2 · CAS 10022-31-8
≥ 98%12025 kg woven bag
Sodium ChloratePPC-OX-05Sodium Chlorate
NaClO3 · CAS 7775-09-9
≥ 99.5%12025 kg / ton bag

Which oxidizer for which job?

Potassium perchlorateburst charges, whistles, firecrackers
Ammonium perchloratelow-smoke flash for fountains and shells
Potassium nitrateblack powder, lift, time fuse
Barium nitrateeverything green
Sodium chlorateyellow flame (never with sulfur or acids)

Safety first: chlorates and perchlorates

All oxidizers in this section are oxidizing solids. Store separately from fuels, metals, acids and sulfur. Keep dry and sealed in original packaging.

  • Double-lined bags keep humidity out: oxidizer packaging built for humid climates
  • Full SDS supplied with every order, in English and Portuguese on request
  • Compatibility questions? Ask our technical team before you mix
02

Pyrotechnic Fuels & Binders

The other half of the equation: specialty fuels that shape how a composition burns, from the oscillating scream of a whistle to the clean flash of nitrocellulose.

Nitrocellulose fibre before it is dissolved
The fuel side of the pair. These carry the energy and set how fast it comes out.
SKU Product Purity Mesh Packing
Potassium Hydrogen PhthalatePPC-RF-01Potassium Hydrogen Phthalate
C8H5KO4 · CAS 877-24-7
≥ 99%12025 kg woven bag
NitrocellulosePPC-RF-02Nitrocellulose
(C6H9(NO2)O5)n · CAS 9004-70-0
N ≤ 12.2%n/a40 kg paper drum

Why buy fuels and oxidizers from one supplier?

Because they meet in your mixing room. Matched granulometry and verified purity on both sides of the reaction mean fewer surprises in burn rate, and one set of shipping documents instead of two.

  • Ask about combined dangerous-goods shipments to reduce freight cost per kilo
03

Specialty Oxidizers & Color Agents

Small additions, big effects. Crackle systems, glitter, and the chlorine donors that make color chemistry sing: the details that separate a good shell from a memorable one.

Bismuth oxide, the pale yellow powder behind crackle
Chlorine donors and colour agents. Small percentages, large effect on what the eye sees.
SKU Product Purity Mesh Packing
Bismuth OxidePPC-CC-01Bismuth Oxide
Bi2O3 · CAS 1304-76-3
≥ 99.5%12025 kg iron drum
Sodium OxalatePPC-CC-02Sodium Oxalate
Na2C2O4 · CAS 62-76-0
99.9%10025 kg paper drum
Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)PPC-CC-03Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)
(C2H3Cl)n · CAS 9002-86-2
≥ 99%10025 kg woven bag
Chlorinated RubberPPC-CC-04Chlorinated Rubber
(C10H11Cl7)n · CAS 9006-03-5
99%10025 kg woven bag

The lead-free crackle standard

Regulations worldwide moved crackle away from lead. Bismuth oxide delivers the same dragon-egg crackle with modern, compliant chemistry at 99.5% purity. Pair it with magnalium and copper oxide for complete crackle systems.

What makes each colour, and where to get it

The chemistry of firework colour

RedStrontium saltsNot in stock yet · ask us
OrangeCalcium saltsNot in stock yet · ask us
YellowSodium saltsSodium OxalatePPC-CC-02
GreenBarium saltsBarium NitratePPC-OX-04
BlueCopper saltsCopper OxidePPC-MP-05
SilverBright metalsAluminum PowderPPC-MP-01/02
WhiteHot metals burn whiteTitanium · MagnaliumPPC-MP-03/04
CrackleBismuth systemBismuth OxidePPC-CC-01

The flame spectrum: firework colours mix like light, not like paint

Every metal atom emits light at one fixed wavelength. A star’s colour comes from which atoms it contains. You CAN burn two atoms together and your eye will add their light, the same way a phone screen blends glowing red, green and blue pixels into every colour. What you can NEVER do is change an atom’s colour: no additive, no ratio, no temperature will make barium burn red. You do not mix a colour. You choose the atoms that make it.

Products we sell
Cu · 450 nmCopper Oxide PPC-MP-05
Ba · 524 nmBarium Nitrate PPC-OX-04
Na · 589 nmSodium Oxalate PPC-CC-02
400 nm550 nm700 nm
Not stocked yet · make a request
Ca · 622 nmthe orange of a campfire ember
Sr · 650 nmthe exact red of a highway road flare
Read the sky at your next show

Deep green bursts = barium · saturated blue = copper · long silver trails = coarse aluminum · the gold crackle finale = bismuth. Once you know the atoms, every show is a product demo.

04

Metallic Powders

Sparks, trails, flash and color: metals are the visible soul of fireworks. Five grades covering everything from fine silver flash to long-hanging willow trails.

Magnalium powder under studio light
Metal fuels. Particle size decides whether you get a spark trail or a flash.
SKU Product Purity Mesh Packing
Aluminum PowderPPC-MP-01Aluminum Powder
Al · CAS 7429-90-5
≥ 98%32050 kg iron drum
Aluminum GranularPPC-MP-02Aluminum Granular
Al · CAS 7429-90-5
≥ 98%10025 kg iron drum
Titanium PowderPPC-MP-03Titanium Powder
Ti · CAS 7440-32-6
≥ 96%12025 kg woven bag
Magnalium PowderPPC-MP-04Magnalium Powder
Al-Mg alloy · CAS 12604-68-1
≥ 98%12025 kg iron drum
Copper OxidePPC-MP-05Copper Oxide
CuO · CAS 1317-38-0
≥ 99%12025 kg bag

Match the metal to the effect

What audiences see vs. what you mix

Fine aluminum PPC-MP-01Silver flash, glitter, silver willow
Aluminum granular PPC-MP-02Coconut palm, tiger tail, crowns
Titanium PPC-MP-03Pure white sparks, cold fountains
Magnalium PPC-MP-04Glitter, sound beads, easy ignition
Copper oxide PPC-MP-05Saturated blues, crackle systems

Mesh matters

Particle size is an effect choice. The same metal flashes when fine and trails when coarse.

100 mesh · coarse feels like coarse sugar

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Long trails: palms, tiger tails · Aluminum Granular

120 mesh · standard feels like table salt

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Stars, colour mixes, crackle · most PPC products

320 mesh · fine feels like flour

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Flash, glitter, instant silver · Aluminum Powder

Storage note for metal powders

Metal powders are water-reactive. Store sealed in original drums, dry, below 30 °C and away from oxidizers, acids and halogens. Never allow dust accumulation.

05

Bonding Agents

The quiet heroes: the binders that hold every star together. Two systems, water-bound and solvent-bound, cover every forming method in the book.

Petroleum resin in a laboratory dish
What holds a star together, and what lets a solvent or water carry it into shape.
SKU Product Purity Mesh Packing
Tapioca StarchPPC-BA-01Tapioca Starch
Polysaccharide · CAS 9005-25-8
≥ 99%10025 kg woven bag
Petroleum ResinPPC-BA-02Petroleum Resin
C9 polymer · CAS 64742-16-1
≥ 95%20-42525 kg woven bag

Choosing your binder: water or solvent

Water-bound · Tapioca Starch PPC-BA-01

Activated with plain water, a few added percent binds pressed and cut stars rock hard. Slow, even drying: the traditional high-volume route.

Solvent-bound · Petroleum Resin PPC-BA-02

Dissolved in solvent, it binds and waterproofs in one step, and stars dry in hours instead of days. The route to weather-resistant effects.

Anatomy of a green star

Prime layer

Ignition surface: NC lacquer + black powder mix lights the star reliably.

Colour composition

The recipe layer: Barium Nitrate + fuel + Magnalium + PVC for deep green.

Binder-rich layer

Dextrin-rich mix that holds geometry through drying and handling.

Core

The seed the star is rolled around: lead-free crackle or an inert grain.

Three ways to form a star all three start from the same powders

Cut

Damp comp pressed flat, cut into cubes. Fast and simple.

Rolled

Built up in layers around a core. Round stars, even burn.

Pressed

Comp pumped or pressed in a tool. Dense, precise timing.

Binder math

Binders go in on top of a composition in low single digits, typically 2 to 5 percent added. Enough binds the star; more slows the burn and dulls the colour. Cut and pressed stars favour water binding, rolled stars take either.

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From powder to pyrotechnics, step by step

Building a star

Five jobs inside every star

A firework star is a recipe. Every ingredient has exactly one of these five jobs, and we stock all five aisles.

Colour producer

Metal compounds that paint the flame. Each metal glows its own colour as it burns.

Sections 01 · 03 · 04
Oxidizer

Supplies the oxygen that lets a star burn hard and fast, even sealed inside a shell.

Section 01
Fuel

Feeds the flame: charcoal, sulfur, and specialty fuels like whistle mix and NC.

Section 02
Binder

Glues the star together and controls how evenly it burns from the outside in.

Section 05
Chlorine donor

The colour amplifier. Chlorine sharpens reds, greens and blues in the flame.

Section 03

How it works · the ignition chain

Fire reaches the prime layer first, and the prime lights the composition. Inside it, the oxidizer feeds oxygen to the fuel, the flame passes 2,000 °C, and the colour producer’s atoms light up at their wavelength. The binder holds the star together so it burns evenly from the outside in, layer by layer, down to the core.

From bag to burst in five steps

Weigh

Weigh each ingredient to the recipe. The CoA tells you exactly what is in the bag.

Mix

Blend dry through a screen until perfectly uniform. Matched 120 mesh mixes clean.

Bind

Dampen with binder solution. Dextrin and NC lacquer both work at room temperature.

Form & dry

Cut, press or roll into stars. Dry slowly and completely before priming.

Assemble & fire

Prime, assemble, always test small. The sky does the rest.

Produce it safely · the four house rules

Mix small, test small

Grams before kilos. Scale up only what you have proven.

No metal tools

Wooden or plastic scoops and screens around chlorates and metals.

One composition at a time

Clean the bench completely between different mixes.

Respect the SDS

Read it before opening the bag. Ours ship with every order.

Mixing that works · purple

Burn strontium red and copper blue in one star and your eye adds the light: purple, exactly like red + blue pixels on your screen.

Sr + Cu · ask us

Mixing that fails · green

In paint, blue + yellow makes green. In light, it just washes out toward white. Green comes from one place only: the barium atom.

Barium Nitrate PPC-OX-04

And white?

Hot metals glow at every wavelength at once, like a welder’s arc. That is titanium and magnalium’s job (silver-white sparklers use these same metals).

PPC-MP-03/04
Tropical climate tip

Humid air slows drying and cakes powders. Dry stars longer than you think, and keep bags sealed until the day you mix.

Storage compatibility

A simplified storage segregation guide for the materials in this catalog, plus two things every fireworks shop also has on hand: sulfur and acids. This is not a formulation guide. Always test small and follow the SDS.

Store together? Chlor Perch Nitr AP Metal Org Sulf Acid
Chlorates · OK OK X X X X X
Perchlorates OK · OK ! X X ! X
Nitrates OK OK · ! X X ! X
Amm. perchlorate X ! ! · X X ! X
Metal powders X X X X · OK ! X
Organics / binders X X X X OK · OK !
Sulfur X ! ! ! ! OK · !
Acids / moisture X X X X X ! ! ·
OK May share a storage area with normal precautions ! Segregate: separate shelving, distance, sealed packaging X Never store together. Chemical or class incompatibility

How to read this chart: find the family your product belongs to, then read across its row. Chlorates = Sodium Chlorate (PPC-OX-05) · Perchlorates = Potassium Perchlorate (PPC-OX-01) · Amm. perchlorate = PPC-OX-02 · Nitrates = Potassium + Barium Nitrate (PPC-OX-03/04) · Metal powders = PPC-MP-01 to 05 · Organics / binders = whistle fuel, NC, sodium oxalate, chlorine donors and bonding agents (PPC-RF-01/02, PPC-CC-02/03/04, PPC-BA-01/02)

The golden rule

Oxidizers and fuels belong in separate storage areas, ideally separate buildings or magazines, never in the mixing room itself. Your local regulations set the required separation. When in doubt: more distance and more walls. If two materials could form a composition on the shelf, they should never share one.

Safety, storage & shipping

Professional materials deserve professional handling. How we pack, document and move your order, and how to keep it safe once it arrives.

Documents with every order

  • Certificate of Analysis for every lot
  • Safety Data Sheet (SDS): EN, PT on request
  • Third-party testing reports available
  • Dangerous-goods declarations for transport
  • Commercial invoice + packing list for customs

How your order is packed

  • Oxidizers: 25 kg double-lined woven bags
  • Metal powders: sealed iron drums (25-50 kg)
  • Specialty items: paper drums, sealed liners
  • Palletized and strapped for sea freight
  • UN-spec packaging where classification requires

Storage guidance

  • Keep oxidizers away from fuels, metals & acids
  • Metal powders: dry, sealed, below 30 °C
  • Chlorates: never store or mix with sulfur
  • Keep original labels and lot numbers intact
  • Rotate stock: first in, first out

Importing to Brazil

  • Pyrotechnic chemicals are controlled products, and we ship them worldwide. Import licensing in Brazil runs through the Brazilian Army (Exército Brasileiro / SFPC)
  • We supply the CAS numbers, UN classifications and SDS documentation your license application needs
  • Ask us for a reference documentation pack to support your application

This page is sales documentation, not a safety manual. The practices described here are recommended guidelines and good practices only. It is your responsibility to store and handle these materials safely and to follow the directions of your government and regulatory bodies. Safety is your responsibility: you owe it to yourself and your employees. Always consult the SDS for the specific lot you receive.

How to buy

Great shows start with great materials. From a single drum to a container load. Flexible quantities. MOQ, lead times and incoterms on request.

Inquire

Email us the SKUs, quantities and your destination port. Attach your import license status if you have it.

Quote

We confirm availability, pricing and lead time, with freight options for your route.

Documents

CoA, SDS and dangerous-goods paperwork prepared for your customs broker and licensing authority.

Delivery

Packed, palletized and shipped, with lot numbers traceable from our plant to your production line.

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