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Nice job! Your crop appears very consistent. I've noticed with KCl that the crystals formed will fill up the cell to about 1/6 to at most 1/3 the volume, and if you pull the plug at 1/5 or so full, you've done so at a chloride ion level that is still safe and will not harm the electrodes.

 

The next step is to place the used liquor in a poly container, and lace it with more KCl salt. I usually add a huge surplus and let it sit for a few days, until there is an equilibrium formed. Despite the presence of various ionic species in the liquor, it still manages to dissolve significant KCl, to the point where the starting chjloride ion concentration is very close to a straight, saturated KCl solution at the same temperature.

 

The liquor, being a mash of precursors and still quite a bit of chlorate, will form chlorate much quicker.

 

Did you attempt any pH control? Using a 50CC syringe full of HCl, and adding about 2ml every 6 hours or so, should keep that cell very close to 6.8. At SMDB, we really went over the numbers, and a pH controlled cell produces better, faster, than one not pH controlled. It has to do with the chlorate formation mechanism; 6 electrons in the pH-controlled cell vs 9 for the uncontrolled cell.

 

I forgot to mention, boiling and recrystallizing the chlorate will definitely result in a purer product, but by simply filtering and washing the crystals well with ice water, and then alcohol, results in a useable and reasonably pure oxidizer. Well done!

Thanks Swede.

 

Ive been making H3 and just playing around with it [fun stuff]

 

I dont have any HCl but i might get some .

 

Also as you *told me so*, im going to look for a better source of KCl .

 

Right now im working on a aluminum powder machine the churns out 5g an hour.So ill put the Chlorate on hold for a week.

 

Cheers.