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We've established that Ammonium Chloride is useless as a chlorine donor......
Well, Mr Weingart says it can replace Calomel (chlorine donor) in some formulas.
He goes on to say the crystaline form is useless - so what other forms exist?

Now.... "Copper Ammonium Chloride" or "copper and ammonium chloride" seem to pop up in a few formulas, but I'm not sure what this is. A mixture of copper chloride and ammonium chloride?

Ammonium Chloride - when looked up in a pyro chemicals index usually says "used in some older white smoke formulas", but I've never seen one - just the old sugar/kn03 and the array of Chlorate/dye smokes. Any thoughts?

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We've established that Ammonium Chloride is useless as a chlorine donor......
Well, Mr Weingart says it can replace Calomel (chlorine donor) in some formulas.
He goes on to say the crystaline form is useless - so what other forms exist?

Now.... "Copper Ammonium Chloride" or "copper and ammonium chloride" seem to pop up in a few formulas, but I'm not sure what this is.  A mixture of copper chloride and ammonium chloride?

Ammonium Chloride - when looked up in a pyro chemicals index usually says "used in some older white smoke formulas", but I've never seen one - just the old sugar/kn03 and the array of Chlorate/dye smokes.  Any thoughts?

Read Mr Wingart's letters to get some knowledge about the sources he uses to reach some of his information - it's not all first hand. As said - you might get a little from ammonium chloride, but not enough chloride to make a "good" colour.

There are many potential chloride donors out there. I myself found a few suppliers in the industry that supply chimicals that can be used as chlorine donors. The idea is that you have to try and then see how effective is your chlorine donor. The best is to try it on a formula that does not contain other chlorine donours at all. For example, a nitrate (strontium or barium) + magnesium + chlorine donor is a good test becuase if you get colour it MUST be from your chlorine donor.