diff --git a/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/recipes/pyrotechnics.dm b/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/recipes/pyrotechnics.dm
index 185f61dfcc6..e0b8c74f75a 100644
--- a/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/recipes/pyrotechnics.dm
+++ b/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/recipes/pyrotechnics.dm
@@ -164,17 +164,18 @@
 	reaction_tags = REACTION_TAG_EASY | REACTION_TAG_UNIQUE | REACTION_TAG_OTHER
 
 /datum/chemical_reaction/emp_pulse
-	required_reagents = list(/datum/reagent/uranium = 1, /datum/reagent/iron = 1) // Yes, laugh, it's the best recipe I could think of that makes a little bit of sense
+	required_reagents = list(/datum/reagent/uranium = 1, /datum/reagent/iron = 1, /datum/reagent/aluminium = 1)
 	reaction_tags = REACTION_TAG_EASY | REACTION_TAG_EXPLOSIVE | REACTION_TAG_DANGEROUS
 
 /datum/chemical_reaction/emp_pulse/on_reaction(datum/reagents/holder, datum/equilibrium/reaction, created_volume)
+	//pretending this reaction took two ingredients and not three for its effects
+	var/two_thirds = created_volume / 1.5
 	var/location = get_turf(holder.my_atom)
 	// 100 created volume = 4 heavy range & 7 light range. A few tiles smaller than traitor EMP grandes.
 	// 200 created volume = 8 heavy range & 14 light range. 4 tiles larger than traitor EMP grenades.
-	empulse(location, round(created_volume / 12), round(created_volume / 7), 1)
+	empulse(location, round(two_thirds / 12), round(two_thirds / 7), 1)
 	holder.clear_reagents()
 
-
 /datum/chemical_reaction/beesplosion
 	required_reagents = list(/datum/reagent/consumable/honey = 1, /datum/reagent/medicine/strange_reagent = 1, /datum/reagent/uranium/radium = 1)
 	reaction_tags = REACTION_TAG_EASY | REACTION_TAG_EXPLOSIVE | REACTION_TAG_DANGEROUS