Jun 2025 - Chemistry of Pyrotechnics - Basic Course
Tue, Jun 10
|Oklahoma State University CENFEX
Course Registration Fee: $2,100 The Chemistry of Pyrotechnics - Basic Course is a 4-day course designed to provide students with a firm understanding of the basic principles of pyrotechnics, propellants, and explosives.


Time & Location
Jun 10, 2025, 8:00 AM – Jun 13, 2025, 12:00 PM
Oklahoma State University CENFEX, 1111 W 17th St, Tulsa, OK 74107, USA
About the Event
Course Registration Fee: $2,100
The Chemistry of Pyrotechnics Basic Course is a 4-day course designed to provide students with a firm understanding of the basic principles of pyrotechnics, propellants and explosives. These principles are presented from a chemistry perspective and will be understood by both students with a small amount of chemistry background and those more deeply involved with energetic chemistry. The course is intended to be of interest to persons engaged in the design, manufacture, management, identification, regulation, analysis, disposal, and use of all types of energetic compositions. All three areas: pyrotechnics, propellants, and explosives will be discussed in detail highlighting their similarities as well as their differences. The principles discussed in the lectures will be demonstrated in the laboratory. Additionally, a copy of “Chemistry of Pyrotechnics – Basic Principles and Theory”, by Dr. John A. Conkling and Mr. Christopher Mocella, will be provided for each student.
Course content:
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