... Chemistry of Pyrotechnics Basic Principles and Theory S ECOND E DITION Cover photo by Rob Stowers, courtesy of Pyrotecnico Red, white, and blue bursts highlight a 4th of July fireworks ... age of iron and steel and with it the era of machines and of rapid transportation and communication.”10 Black powder remains a viable energetic material today; it ignites readily and reliably and ... Pyrotechnics, 17, (1992) I Von Maltitz, Our present knowledge of the chemistry of black powder, Journal of Pyrotechnics, 14, 27 (2001) N Kubota and C Serizawa, Combustion processes of Mg/TF pyrotechnics, ...