Obscurants are materials disseminated into the air to block or obscure the view of objects in an area by scattering, absorbing, or reflecting electromagnetic radiation. Obscurants may be designed to block or obstruct visible light, or other frequencies on the electromagnetic spectrum (e.g., infrared radiation). Traditionally, obscurant-emitting compositions, such as those comprising pyrotechnic compositions, exhibit undesirable properties such as high toxicity, high burn temperature which may cause undesired fire, inorganic residue build-up inhibiting emission of the obscurant, limited functional temperature range, low obscurant yield, humidity dependence, or a number of other shortcomings, making their use inefficient, or potentially hazardous to users.