Pyrotechnics include not only the manufacture of fireworks but items such as safety matches, oxygen candles, explosive bolts and fasteners, and components of the automotive airbag.
Amongst its cargo were two new spacesuits, three fire extinguishers, oxygen candles, and equipment to facilitate repairs to Mir's life support system.
The crew had used oxygen candles to make oxygen until the ship surfaced.
"Rip another oxygen candle," he tells the payload, just to keep him busy.
He finds the steel canister of an oxygen candle, clutches it between his legs, then closes the cabinet and readjusts his seat and straps.
Potassium and lithium chlorate, and sodium, potassium and lithium perchlorates can also be used in oxygen candles.
Some of the aforementioned compounds, as well as lithium chlorate, are used in oxygen candles that supply submarines with oxygen.
It is used in oxygen candles.
An oxygen candle in the forward section of the submarine was thought to be responsible for the accident.
Items such as safety matches, oxygen candles, explosive bolts and fasteners and the automobile safety airbag all fall under pyrotechnics.