Chemistry

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1. Possible thermite-like, moisture sensitive mixture using commonly available items

   By Mushroombird8, November 5   

   • thermite
   • cheap
   • 5 replies
   • 142 views
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   • gifovaco
   • November 7

2. Ammonium Persulfate in flash powder

   By pyroduck, October 26   

   • flash powder
   • 2 replies
   • 375 views
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   • pyroduck
   • October 27

3. KNO3 and KClO3 incompatibilities

   By Pyrophoric30, October 14
   • 5 replies
   • 256 views
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   • PyroGnome
   • October 19

4. Magnesium stearate as an alternative to potassium dichromate for short term protection of AP / Mg mixtures, and Shimizu's long term / improved passivation method

   By PyroGnome, October 13
   • 2 replies
   • 249 views
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   • PyroGnome
   • October 19

5. My easy way of making K perchlorate 1 2 3 4

   By THEONE, March 25, 2022
   • 92 replies
   • 28.4k views
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   • mx5kevin
   • October 18

6. A novel means of magnesium protection via alloying with very small percentages of Calcium

   By PyroGnome, October 4
   • 6 replies
   • 816 views
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   • Mumbles
   • October 15

7. Blue Composition without using Chlorate or Perchlorate

   By SubhajitMajumdar, October 6
   • 2 replies
   • 444 views
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   • Zumber
   • October 7

8. Does drying potassium nitrate in an oven cause any health hazards

   By erdem, September 17   

   • chemistry
   • question
   • 4 replies
   • 1.6k views
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   • PyroGnome
   • October 4

9. Alternate synthesis of (Per)chlorates

   By Respirator, May 14, 2014   

   • chlorate
   • perchlorate
   • 10 replies
   • 7.1k views
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   • mx5kevin
   • September 29

10. making potassium (per) chlorate 1 2 3 4 219

    By gods knight, July 6, 2007
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    • mx5kevin
    • September 17

11. A couple of interesting old papers on ammonium perchlorate and ammonium iodate that might be of interest to those looking to improve strobe rockets

    By PyroGnome, September 14
    • 0 replies
    • 152 views
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    • PyroGnome
    • September 14

12. Chemistry is lifestyle

    By Azido, September 8
    • 0 replies
    • 174 views
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    • Azido
    • September 8

13. Impending Antimony Shortage?

    By Soloserly, September 5
    • 2 replies
    • 190 views
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    • davidh
    • September 5

14. Perchlorate visco formulae

    By Quetes61, September 4
    • 1 reply
    • 190 views
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    • Zumber
    • September 4

15. Need help extracting nano3 in fertilizers

    By Pyrophoric30, August 21
    • 6 replies
    • 472 views
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    • Soloserly
    • September 3

16. Chemistry & Experiments File - The Chlorates And Perchlorates Full website

    By mx5kevin, March 18
    • 5 replies
    • 844 views
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    • mx5kevin
    • September 3

17. Procurement of chemicals

    By ThePyro174, July 30
    • 10 replies
    • 465 views
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    • Kalifireworks
    • August 29

18. The old school way of making potassium nitrate

    By Uarbor, September 5, 2022
    • 11 replies
    • 14.3k views
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    • Arthur
    • August 27

19. Foul Smell from Chemical Storage

    By rangus, August 15
    • 9 replies
    • 224 views
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    • Soloserly
    • August 27

20. Neutralizing ferric Picrate crystals

    By Kemtrail, August 19
    • 2 replies
    • 257 views
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    • Kemtrail
    • August 19

21. Overdosing of HCl in chlorate cell 1 2

    By AustralianPyromaniac, July 12
    • 27 replies
    • 1.5k views
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    • mx5kevin
    • August 18

22. US .mil "Slow Strobe" paper, quick and dirty tests, and a greeting

    By PyroGnome, July 14
    • 2 replies
    • 439 views
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    • PyroGnome
    • August 10

23. Rice starch and SGRS 1 2 3

    By AdmiralDonSnider, September 25, 2009
    • 60 replies
    • 24.1k views
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    • cmjlab
    • August 8

24. Safety Precautions for Handling Potassium Nitrate in Pyrotechnic Compositions

    By kristenbrown, July 11
    • 3 replies
    • 368 views
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    • Zumber
    • July 12

25. Course MgAl/Potassium Nitrate composition heating up

    By Kalifireworks, May 30
    • 10 replies
    • 539 views
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    • kristenbrown
    • July 11