Trying to find out if there are any mixtures with safer ingredients that produce temporary crystals.

 

 

Ingredients

• 2.5 g potassium nitrate
• 2.5 g ammonium chloride
• 33 ml distilled water
• 40 ml ethanol
• 10 g camphor

The potassium nitrate and ammonium chloride are dissolved in warm water and the ethanol and camphor are then added. The resulting solution is placed in a glass container and sealed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_glass

 

Have one at home and it is pretty neat to watch.

Looking at ingredients, I would try checking:

- Sodium Nitrate, Rubidium Nitrate, Cesium Nitrate (instead of Potassium Nitrate).

- Ammonium Fluoride, Ammonium Bromide, Ammonium Iodide (instead of Ammonium Chloride).

- Methanol, Butanol, Propanol (there is few isomers, Isopropanol can be bought in electronic shop), instead of Ethanol.

Eventually mix them together with various percentages, to see what happens.

Checking the all combinations would take weeks or months..

Was hoping there would be a mixture out already.

 

You would think "little temporary crystals" would be easy.