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  2. Magnesium torch - Wikipedia

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    An underwater torch is available in the Education Edition of the Minecraft sandbox video game, created by combining a torch with magnesium on a crafting table. [7] Featured occasionally in the Sea Hunt television show. [8] Magnesium torches were used in the documentary series The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau. "The Secrets of the Sunken ...

  3. Incendiary device - Wikipedia

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    Incendiaries utilize materials such as napalm, thermite, magnesium powder, chlorine trifluoride, or white phosphorus. [1] Though colloquially often called " bombs ", they are not explosives but in fact operate to slow the process of chemical reactions and use ignition rather than detonation to start or maintain the reaction.

  4. Flare - Wikipedia

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    Illumination flares being used during military training exercises Flares being fired from a ship during a fleet review. A flare, also sometimes called a fusée, fusee, or bengala, [1] [2] bengalo [3] in several European countries, is a type of pyrotechnic that produces a bright light or intense heat without an explosion.

  5. Water torch - Wikipedia

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    Water torch can mean: Water torch , an oxyhydrogen torch whose gas supply is generated immediately by electrolysis of water The water plant Typha latifolia , because its stems when soaked in oil make good burning torches

  6. Flamethrower - Wikipedia

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    The other tube leads to an ignition chamber behind the exit of the gun assembly, where it is mixed with air and ignited through piezo ignition. This pre-ignition line is the source of the flame seen in front of the gun assembly in movies and documentaries. As the fuel passes through the flame, it is ignited and propelled towards the target.

  7. Dragon's breath (ammunition) - Wikipedia

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    Dragon's breath at night. Dragon's breath is a special type of incendiary-effect round for shotguns.Dragon's breath consists primarily of magnesium pellets/shards. When the round is fired, sparks and flames can shoot out to about 100 feet (30 meters), although, some sources claim it extends to 300 feet (91 meters). [1]

  8. Flash (photography) - Wikipedia

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    Demonstration of a magnesium flash powder lamp from 1909. Studies of magnesium by Bunsen and Roscoe in 1859 showed that burning this metal produced a light with similar qualities to daylight. The potential application to photography inspired Edward Sonstadt to investigate methods of manufacturing magnesium so that it would burn reliably for ...

  9. SPP-1 underwater pistol - Wikipedia

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    A double-action firing mechanism fires one cartridge sequentially for each pull of the trigger. When all four cartridges are spent, the gun can be reloaded above or below water. [2] The SPP-1M pistol is essentially the same as the SPP-1, with the following differences: [6] It has an extra spring above the sear to improve the trigger pull.