what would you recommend to add (if anything) to the KClO3 other than sugar?

Charcoal powder.

Hmmmm... Howcome charcoal is better? Because the sugar produces water when burned?

yes sugar does produce water when burned so charcoal would be better

So the nice color is just because of the carbon then?

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...

"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.

"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).

no it's crazier than tcap

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.

yeah, lots of binder. almost no KClO3/RP

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???