- Black match
In
pyrotechnics , black match is a type of crude fuse, constructed ofcotton string fibers intimately coated with a driedblack powder slurry.When black match is confined in a paper tube, called quick match or piped match, the flame front propagates much more quickly, many feet per second.
Quick match is often used in
model rocket s in the United Kingdom to ignite engines/motors; it is however largely unavailable in the USA due to ambiguous explosives laws.See also
*
fuse (explosives)
*Slow match External links
* [http://www.pyroguide.com/index.php?title=Black_match A pyroguide on pyrotechnics] - more information on black match.
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