budullewraagh Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 ............. yes there is a plant that makes it naturally. also look in abandoned barns. not quite wild, but yes. CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, KNO3 IS NOT AS COOL AS PEOPLE MAKE IT OUT TO BE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Duncan Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 Would u know what plant..... im making a game that involves making gun powder and i need to know where to find the ingredients. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdurg Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 Any plant that has been digested and then excreted by an animal. In other words, find a giant pile of crap and there will be KNO3 in there. I'm serious about this too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Duncan Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 great i guess ill make people find piles of shit. Thanks ive been looking forever.... wait is there any other way???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budullewraagh Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 no, there is a plant that actually makes KNO3 itself. when you burn it the plant pops and snaps and all. seriously. i forgot its name. it's a bit of an odd plant. btw, gunpowder is made with potassium nitrate (saltpeter), carbon and sulfur powders mixed together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Duncan Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 k thx again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed84c Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 well KNO3 is actually when available, taken up by plants to supply Both N and K, so a plant will take it up when possible. You say the plant 'makes it' are you sure it dusont just store it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilded Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 "CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, KNO3 IS NOT AS COOL AS PEOPLE MAKE IT OUT TO BE" It doesn't even look cool. You might even mistake a granular powder for sugar if you don't look too closely. Don't know if that would be much of a mistake if you are suffering from constipation though. Btw, I burned some KNO3 with sucrose today, and it produced quite a bit of smoke. Burned through aluminum foil with ease too. Now I only need to find myself a hotplate or something to make a proper smokebomb mixture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budullewraagh Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 "You say the plant 'makes it' are you sure it dusont just store it?" no, it makes it gilded, try some potassium chlorate and sucrose with a drop of H2SO4. much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilded Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 Surprisingly, I have sucrose, I could make or buy potassium chlorate, but getting concentrated H2SO4 isn't an easy task, no matter what YT might say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budullewraagh Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 i dont think you need conc sulfuric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilded Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 I see. Is somewhere near 50% enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budullewraagh Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 i dunno. try it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budullewraagh Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 btw the plant that makes KNO3 is borage, also known as borago officianalis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belongcyl Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 it certainly can indeed, but considering it only decomposes at 513 Kelvin, any household cooker would be hard pushed to acheive that at FULL POWER!. so 100 to 150c isn`t going to do a thing to it other than drive off any water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarmenkill Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 plastic sulphur? whats this?(I know its a plastic, or is it) if you pour melted sulfur in cool water you will see that:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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