{"title":"减少闪光粉排放和声压级的可持续成分评估","authors":"David León , Isabel Amez , Roberto Paredes , Dimitrios Pantelakis , Blanca Castells","doi":"10.1016/j.envpol.2025.126660","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Flash powder, an explosive compound widely used in flash bangers and pyrotechnic shells, among others, has emerged as a critical point in discussions about the negative effects of its use. Currently, fireworks present significant challenges due to their adverse impacts on the environment and the generation of acoustic disturbances in residential and urban areas due, among other compounds, to flash powder. This powder, mainly composed of potassium perchlorate and metallic compounds such as aluminium or magnesium, is crucial to achieve the opening and bursting of pyrotechnic devices. Therefore, it is necessary to develop alternatives that solve the flash powder associated problems to give a sustainable future to the pyrotechnic sector. This study proposes compositions that could be possible alternatives to reduce emissions and sound pressure levels, whit the intention of ensuring suitable performance for these pyrotechnic articles. F2 category flash bangers from different manufacturers were collected. The operation of these bangers was compared in different tests, by adding inert materials such as sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO<sub>3</sub>) and recycled glass, at 10 % and 20 % (w/w), and by replacing the flash powder with nitrocellulose ([C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>7</sub>(NO<sub>2</sub>)<sub>3</sub>O<sub>5</sub>]n), with a nitrogen percentage of less than 12.6 %, as stated in the European pyrotechnics regulation. The samples were subjected to sound pressure level measurements according to EN 15947–4:2022 standard, but also CO and CO<sub>2</sub> emissions were evaluated. It was observed that the compositions studied could lead to a significant reduction in both pollutant emissions and the noise level generated by the pyrotechnic articles. After studying the explosion pressure generated for their substitution in pyrotechnic shells, it is concluded that the addition of inert compounds can be a real alternative. However, the nitrocellulose does not achieve a correct operation as a substitute for flash powder, and nitrocellulose with a higher nitrogen content must be studied.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":311,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Pollution","volume":"381 ","pages":"Article 126660"},"PeriodicalIF":7.3000,"publicationDate":"2025-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"Assessment of sustainable compositions to reduce emissions and sound pressure level of flash powder\",\"authors\":\"David León , Isabel Amez , Roberto Paredes , Dimitrios Pantelakis , Blanca Castells\",\"doi\":\"10.1016/j.envpol.2025.126660\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"<div><div>Flash powder, an explosive compound widely used in flash bangers and pyrotechnic shells, among others, has emerged as a critical point in discussions about the negative effects of its use. Currently, fireworks present significant challenges due to their adverse impacts on the environment and the generation of acoustic disturbances in residential and urban areas due, among other compounds, to flash powder. This powder, mainly composed of potassium perchlorate and metallic compounds such as aluminium or magnesium, is crucial to achieve the opening and bursting of pyrotechnic devices. Therefore, it is necessary to develop alternatives that solve the flash powder associated problems to give a sustainable future to the pyrotechnic sector. This study proposes compositions that could be possible alternatives to reduce emissions and sound pressure levels, whit the intention of ensuring suitable performance for these pyrotechnic articles. F2 category flash bangers from different manufacturers were collected. The operation of these bangers was compared in different tests, by adding inert materials such as sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO<sub>3</sub>) and recycled glass, at 10 % and 20 % (w/w), and by replacing the flash powder with nitrocellulose ([C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>7</sub>(NO<sub>2</sub>)<sub>3</sub>O<sub>5</sub>]n), with a nitrogen percentage of less than 12.6 %, as stated in the European pyrotechnics regulation. The samples were subjected to sound pressure level measurements according to EN 15947–4:2022 standard, but also CO and CO<sub>2</sub> emissions were evaluated. It was observed that the compositions studied could lead to a significant reduction in both pollutant emissions and the noise level generated by the pyrotechnic articles. After studying the explosion pressure generated for their substitution in pyrotechnic shells, it is concluded that the addition of inert compounds can be a real alternative. 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Assessment of sustainable compositions to reduce emissions and sound pressure level of flash powder
Flash powder, an explosive compound widely used in flash bangers and pyrotechnic shells, among others, has emerged as a critical point in discussions about the negative effects of its use. Currently, fireworks present significant challenges due to their adverse impacts on the environment and the generation of acoustic disturbances in residential and urban areas due, among other compounds, to flash powder. This powder, mainly composed of potassium perchlorate and metallic compounds such as aluminium or magnesium, is crucial to achieve the opening and bursting of pyrotechnic devices. Therefore, it is necessary to develop alternatives that solve the flash powder associated problems to give a sustainable future to the pyrotechnic sector. This study proposes compositions that could be possible alternatives to reduce emissions and sound pressure levels, whit the intention of ensuring suitable performance for these pyrotechnic articles. F2 category flash bangers from different manufacturers were collected. The operation of these bangers was compared in different tests, by adding inert materials such as sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) and recycled glass, at 10 % and 20 % (w/w), and by replacing the flash powder with nitrocellulose ([C6H7(NO2)3O5]n), with a nitrogen percentage of less than 12.6 %, as stated in the European pyrotechnics regulation. The samples were subjected to sound pressure level measurements according to EN 15947–4:2022 standard, but also CO and CO2 emissions were evaluated. It was observed that the compositions studied could lead to a significant reduction in both pollutant emissions and the noise level generated by the pyrotechnic articles. After studying the explosion pressure generated for their substitution in pyrotechnic shells, it is concluded that the addition of inert compounds can be a real alternative. However, the nitrocellulose does not achieve a correct operation as a substitute for flash powder, and nitrocellulose with a higher nitrogen content must be studied.
期刊介绍:
Environmental Pollution is an international peer-reviewed journal that publishes high-quality research papers and review articles covering all aspects of environmental pollution and its impacts on ecosystems and human health.
Subject areas include, but are not limited to:
• Sources and occurrences of pollutants that are clearly defined and measured in environmental compartments, food and food-related items, and human bodies;
• Interlinks between contaminant exposure and biological, ecological, and human health effects, including those of climate change;
• Contaminants of emerging concerns (including but not limited to antibiotic resistant microorganisms or genes, microplastics/nanoplastics, electronic wastes, light, and noise) and/or their biological, ecological, or human health effects;
• Laboratory and field studies on the remediation/mitigation of environmental pollution via new techniques and with clear links to biological, ecological, or human health effects;
• Modeling of pollution processes, patterns, or trends that is of clear environmental and/or human health interest;
• New techniques that measure and examine environmental occurrences, transport, behavior, and effects of pollutants within the environment or the laboratory, provided that they can be clearly used to address problems within regional or global environmental compartments.