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Composition Limits for 1.4G Fireworks:| Type of device | Composition limit | | Fountains, Cone-type | 50 grams | | Fountains, Cylindrical | 75
grams | | Skyrockets or Missiles | 20 grams | | Helicopters | 20 grams | | Roman
Candles | 20 grams | | Aerial Shells, Mines, Comets (contained in firing tube) | 60
grams | | Firecrackers or ground-based reports | 0.05 grams per cracker or report | | Any aerial report component | 0.13 grams per report component | | Reloadable aerial shells (box with tube and shells) | 60 grams per shell
44 mm. diameter max.
12 shells per package max.
400 grams total
per package | | Aerial display shells, without launch tube,
bulk | Classified as 1.3G unless tested | | Multiple-tube devices, dense-packed | Maximum
200 grams total pyrotechnic composition | | Multiple-tube devices,
500-gram | Maximum 500 grams total pyrotechnic composition
Must
be on a base
Tube separation of 13 mm between tubes | | Wheels | 60 grams per driver
200 grams total composition | | Ground Spinners | 20 grams | | Toy Smoke Devices | 100
grams | | Wire sparklers | 100 grams |
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Chemicals allowed in 1.4G Fireworks:| Chemical allowed | Typical use | | Aluminum | Fuel | | Ammonium Perchlorate | Oxygen Donor | | Antimony | Fuel | | Antimony Sulfide | Fuel | | Barium Carbonate | Neutralizer | | Barium Nitrate | Oxygen Donor | | Barium Sulfate | Oxygen Donor | | Bismuth Oxide | Oxygen Donor | | Boric Acid | Neutralizer | | Calcium Carbonate | Neutralizer | | Calcium Sulfate | Oxygen Donor | | Carbon or Charcoal | Fuel | | Copper Metal | Color Agent | | Copper Oxide | Oxygen Donor,
Color Agent | | Copper Salts (except Copper
Chlorate) | Color Agent | | Dextrine | Fuel/Binder | | Hexamethylenenetetramine (Hexamine) | Fuel | | Iron and Iron Alloys (e.g., ferro/titanium) | Fuel | | Iron Oxide | Oxygen Donor | | Magnalium (Magnesium/Aluminum alloy) | Fuel | | Magnesium Carbonate | Neutralizer | | Magnesium Sulfate | Oxygen Donor | | Nitrocellulose based lacquers | Binder | | Phosphorus, Red (only as provided in
regulations) | Fuel | | Potassium
or Sodium Benzoate | Whistle | | Potassium
Bichromate (Potassium Dichromate) (not to exceed 5% of formulation) | Oxygen Donor | | Potassium Chlorate (only as provided in regulations) | Oxygen
Donor | | Potassium Hydrogen Phthalate | Whistle | | Potassium Nitrate | Oxygen Donor | | Potassium Perchlorate | Oxygen Donor | | Potassium Sulfate | Oxygen Donor | | Silicon | Fuel | | Sodium Bicarbonate (Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate) | Neutralizer | | Sodium Nitrate | Oxygen Donor | | Sodium Salicylate | Whistle | | Sodium Salts (except Sodium Chlorate) | Color Agent | | Sodium Sulfate | Oxygen Donor | | Strontium Carbonate | Color Agent | | Strontium Nitrate | Oxygen Donor | | Strontium Salts (except Strontium
Chlorate) | Color Agent | | Strontium
Sulfate | Oxygen Donor | | Sulfur | Fuel | | Titanium (particle size must not pass
through 100 mesh sieve) | Fuel | | Miscellaneous compounds allowed | | Organic compounds (compounds such as lactose, shellac, red gum, chlorinated paraffin and polyvinyl chloride, consisting
of some combination of carbon with hydrogen, oxygen and/or chlorine; nitrogen may be present if it accounts for less than
10% (by weight) of the compound.) | | Nitrocellulose containing
greater than 10% nitrogen by weight is permitted as a propelling or expelling charge provided there is less than 15 grams
of nitrocellulose per article. | | NOTE: Exact chemical identity
of each "Organic compound" must be included when submitting an Approval Application to the U.S. DOT. |
Chemicals prohibited in 1.4G consumer fireworks:| Arsenic sulfide, arsenates, or arsenites | | Boron | Chlorates, except: a. In colored smoke mixtures in which an equal or greater weight of sodium bicarbonate is included
b. In party
poppers
c. In those small items (such as ground spinners) wherein the total powder content does not exceed 4 grams, of
which not greater than 15% (or 600 mg) is potassium, sodium, or barium chlorate
d. In firecrackers
e. In toy caps
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acid | | Lead, including
lead tetroxide (red lead oxide) and other lead compounds | | Magnesium (magnesium/aluminum alloys, called magnalium, are permitted) | | Mercury salts | | Phosphorus (red or white) (red phosphorus is permissible
in caps and party poppers) | | Picrates or picric acid | | Thiocyanates | | Titanium, except in particle size too large to pass
through a 100-mesh sieve | | Zirconium |
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