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Colored smoke can be used for Smoke Signals , often in military. It can be produced by Smoke Grenade s, or by various other pyrotechnical devices. The mixture used for producing colored smoke is usually a cooler-burning formula based on Potassium Chlorate oxidizer, Lactose or Dextrin as a fuel, and one or more dyes, with about 40-50% content of the dye. 2% of Sodium Bicarbonate may be added as a coolant, to lower the burning temperature.

Smoke released from aircraft can be based on a mixture of 10-15% of dye, 60-65% of Trichloroethylene or Tetrachloroethylene , and 25% of Diesel Oil , injected into the exhaust gases of the aircraft engines.

Some mixtures used for production of colored smokes contain these dyes:


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