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poison Frequent Poster |
posted July 30, 1999 09:24 PM
 
Does any body know where to find/easly make potassium chlorate? Thanks -pois |
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ezekiel Frequent Poster |
posted July 31, 1999 12:48 PM
I think if you got potassium chloride (no idea where to get this) , then mixed it with sodium chlorate (found as a weedkiller , quite cheap too) then a competition reaction would result , leaving potassium chlorate and sodium chloride (you might have to heat or stir this to encourage the reaction - but I don't really know). You could then get either water at a temperature where only one of the two would dissolve , then seperate - or use a solvent which only one will dissolve in. I've not tried this but I assume it would work , maybe someone else could add whatever else might be needed (ie temp of the water , a good solvent). Does anybody know how sodium chlorate works in things like pyro ? I have 4 kg of the stuff and would like to know if I could replace the KNO3 in a sugar smoke mix with the NaClO3 ? ------------------ |
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VeHeMT Frequent Poster |
posted September 12, 1999 12:37 PM
Here is the end result of a large colaboration of people who wanted to better document the electrolysis of chlorates and perchlorates; http://users.foxvalley.net/~chemengr/kclo4a.html |
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nbk2000 Moderator |
posted September 12, 1999 02:47 PM
You can extract sodium chlorate from "Solidox" pellets. They're used for oxygen/propane welding sets. A can of pellets contains about 3/4 lb of chlorate after you boil them down, filter, and evaporate to dryness. They cost about $10 last I saw. ------------------ |
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Jolly Roger Frequent Poster |
posted September 13, 1999 05:55 PM
NBK2000- That file on potassium perchlorate with a battery charger is impressive! Poison give NBK2000 your email address and get him to send it to you or i'll do it if NBK2000 doesn't mind |
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Bandit Frequent Poster |
posted September 14, 1999 05:37 PM
Cheers Jolly Roger i fould that file a while back but i thought potassium dichromate was some wierd stuff not a bulding product and i know some joiners, so here goes. Bandit |
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nbk2000 Moderator |
posted September 14, 1999 07:02 PM
Dichromate is also in an automotive cleaning compound. It comes in a gallon size can with a dipping basket. I think it's for degreasing or something like that. It's mostly solvent but there's at least a couple ounces of dichromate in there I'm sure. I think it was Pep-Boys. ------------------ |
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Incidently potassium dichromate is used as a woodstain or something and can be bought from timber merchants etc.