Potassium Nitrate can be used for many different things including:
Smoke Bombs
Rocket Fuel
Explosives
Potassium Nitrate does not work
well in pipe bombs or bottles because it is
an oxidizing reaction, that means that it needs
air to react.
The most popular combination of KNO3 is a proportion of it and
powdered
sugar. It can be used for other things such as stabilizing Ammonium Nitrate
but
its not practical when simpler, cheaper chemicals work just as well.
You can try your
own combinations of it and sugar with the following
concepts in mind. The more KNO3 in the
mixture, the faster it burns. Rocket
Fuel and explosives need a faster burning mixture. Smoke
bombs work on very
slow burning mixtures. A hear a 3:1 ratio (sugar:KNO3) is a good smoke
bomb
mixture but I have always used 1:1 or better. 4:6 makes a good rocket fuel.
Now that you have an idea of how the mixtures work you can proceed with the
making. As a
beginner you should start with small batches. You must cook it,
I suggest the use of an
electric stove, NEVER a propane, alcohol, gas, etc.
type burner! Two reasons, bringing the
mixture near fire when your cooking it
can cause it to go off and also, flame burners are much
too hot. On the
electric stove, cook it on LOW while your a beginner, later you can move it
It can, and
WILL ignite in your house!
This advice is curtosy of THE ANARCHIST who had a large
batch go off in his
house, it was not a pretty sight. The whole house was loaded with smoke,
the
entire stove area of the kitchen was charred. Fortunately he could clean up
before
his parents got home, you may not be so lucky.
While cooking your formula, make sure
you keep stiring, not constantly
but just make sure your there the whole time. The whole
mixture will
turn into a liquid that will resemble molassas. (brown of coarse). Someone
once told me it was supposed to be a white mush, but I have never seen one
that color. If
yours does end up white instead of brown, don’t be alarmed, its
the same stuff. When the
substance is sufficiently molten you can pour it
into whatever you plan to use as your
container. A large cardboard tube
works well for smoke bombs. (e.g. a toilet paper tube).
Rockets require
more work in the way of containment. Its all up to you.
While the
mixture is still molten place some wooden matches in it to
serve as fuses. A cigarette works
good too for a delay.
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