quick - lite coals

[dizzing]

sorry if this has been discussed extensively before, but i just did a quick search and didn't see anything obvious, soo.....

does anybody know what chemicals are used to make quick-lite coals spark and fizzle and get insanely hot insanely quickly?

if different coals use different stuff, that might be useful knowledge as well so as to avoid harsh tasting chemicals.

does anybody really even know the answer to this question?

sorry if my message is disjointed, i'm really tired and about to smoke a hookah so i'm in a hurry

[yashman19]

I don't know. When I light a quicklight, all the sparks that are coming
off of it sort of remind me when you are lighting a firework, the
sparks off of the fuse. They look similar anyways. But yeah, not quite
sure.

The most important part is just to make sure you light any quicklight
OFF of the bowl. Don't set it ontop of the bowl and start it up. You
might get that nasty lighting agent taste in your bowl.

As for quicklights that seem to be popular are 3Kings and Golden
quicklights. Those will give you a smell while its lighting, but once
they are fully lit are pretty odorless.

[Cold493]

In would imagine it is something like magnesium or the like.  Think sparkler.  Maybe some kidn of phosphorus and magnesium mix but I am completely speculating. 

[mushrat]

funny, I had always thout it was saltpeter or gunpwder...minute amounts mind you. But I have no documentaton to back that up. YET.
I'll get back to you all.

[mushrat]

well..not quite scientific..but confirmation on the saltpeter if you read towards the bottom:
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[Sonthert]

It is gunpowder-like. Salt Peter is a component of gunpowder. Japanese
coals (real ones) use an aluminum coating that burns. Chinese ones use
sulfur, perhaps picric acid.