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Title: honesty...are there got some safety smoke which is in colour?
Post by: zerostar on February 24, 2009, 10:37:25 AM

  This is always a question mark in my mind
Besides co2(s) ,which chemicals can produce the smoke in colour?
I appreciate you if you can help me

Title: Re: honesty...are there got some safety smoke which is in colour?
Post by: Arkcon on February 24, 2009, 07:21:27 PM

Colored smoke is a pretty difficult pyrotechnic effect to pull off.  They basically rely on finely dispered dyes, and a fuel that's hot enough to disperse the dye particles, and not burn them.  There isn't really a simple chemical way to pull that effect off.