Pyrotechnics - pyrotechnics

Products that use explosives and are processed and manufactured to suit specific purposes. These can be classified into the following categories:
(1) Devices used to detonate explosives: industrial detonators, electric detonators.
(2) Devices for igniting gunpowder: gun detonators, fire tubes.
(3) For signal purposes: signal detonators, signal flares, signal rockets.
(4) Anything designed to act after a delay of time or distance: fuses, explosives, detonating cords, electric fuses.
(5) A real gun fired using a firearm, or a blank gun that has no firing mechanism.
(6) Fireworks that use gunpowder or explosives and are used for decorative purposes or as toys: fireworks, toy fireworks.
As mentioned above, the term "pyrotechnics" has a wide range of meanings and there are no suitable terms in foreign languages. Although it is not a completely suitable term, we have provided the English word.

Source: Morikita Publishing "Chemical Dictionary (2nd Edition)" Information about the Chemical Dictionary 2nd Edition

火薬類を使用して，目的に適するように加工製造したもの．これには次の分類ができる．
(1)爆薬を爆ごうさせるためのもの：工業雷管，電気雷管．
(2)火薬に点火するためのもの：銃用雷管，火管．
(3)信号のためのもの：信号雷管，信号炎管，信号火箭(せん)．
(4)時間または距離をおいて作用するようにしたもの：信管，導火線，導爆線，電気導火線．
(5)銃砲を用いて発射させる実砲，発射させるものをもたない空砲．
(6)火薬または爆薬を使用してこれを観賞し，あるいはおもちゃの目的に供するもの：煙火，玩(がん)具用煙火．
以上のように幅の広い意味をもつ火工品という用語は，外国語には適当な用語がない．十分な適語ではないが，英語をかかげておいた．

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