Invader_Gir Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 what would you recommend to add (if anything) to the KClO3 other than sugar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 Charcoal powder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilded Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 Hmmmm... Howcome charcoal is better? Because the sugar produces water when burned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boris_73 Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 yes sugar does produce water when burned so charcoal would be better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilded Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 So the nice color is just because of the carbon then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Von Klemmung Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 Just a thought... This sounds like a way to make your own improvised toy caps (considering the amount of comp is in today's caps, and the imminent government crackdown on toys that go "The B-word".) But seriuosly, acetoning match heads could actually make them dangerous??? Or maybe using another kind of solvent to remove binders/fillers? Dang, I have to shut down that idea-making part of my brain... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budullewraagh Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 "acetoning". you mean adding acetone to match heads? that shouldn't be problematic. btw, "caps" contain an incredibly small amount of armstrong's mixture: red phosphorus and potassium chlorate. it's incredibly sensitive. never make it, ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilded Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 "btw, "caps" contain an incredibly small amount of armstrong's mixture: red phosphorus and potassium chlorate. it's incredibly sensitive. never make it, ever." Yep. It's like near the TCAP-level on the scale of craziness. And I can tell you, there aren't many levels after that (at least no one has lived to tell about them). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budullewraagh Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 no it's crazier than tcap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Von Klemmung Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 Oh, I know Armstrong's, maybe not pure, but in some configuration anyway. Over here, we have a kind of "toy cap", that can best be described/translated with "Dog Stoppers". It seems they were once used to scare off belligerent dogs. The cap itself consists of a 1/2" styrofoam cup (former cork), with a largish (3-5 matchheads) of a VERY sensitive red composition. The cap is placed in the barrel of a special gun, which projects a needle into the composition. Loud bang. Very. In my youth I tried wetting the composition and scraping/spooning the composition out. That's how I learned about the sensitivity - when the material dried on my scraper. Loud bang. Very. Any others know of this toy/firework? I suspect some kind of binder is included in the mixture, and maybe some fillers, but not much. Anyway, homemade fireworks "torpedoes" containing a largish grain of this stuff was, of course, "Very Interesting". Luckily, we can all get wiser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budullewraagh Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 yeah, lots of binder. almost no KClO3/RP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kl0x Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 Greetings I've been reading a few posts down about separating KClO3/O4 from match heads. i get it all except for this part 4. Boil it some more, until the potassium chlorate/perchlorate starts to form i dont get it. Will the boiling create some big blob of this stuff or what. Thnx LP Aspirin sorry to revive a dead topic but where is the original post??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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