austar Posted October 23, 2016 Author Posted October 23, 2016 Yara seems pretty common in Oz, look for a local supplier that carries 25kg sacks of Krista K Plus.us that a advised brand to use in Australia? ?From the conversation I had with my local supplier there are several brands with varying prices, with yates being the most expensive. ....
MrB Posted October 23, 2016 Posted October 23, 2016 What do you mean in regard to restrictions on perc? I know some suppliers have restrictions on some aluminum but I haven't heard about perc. Of course Firefox restricts just about everything! The world is big. In some parts, legislation has been passed that makes it next to, or down right impossible to own, make, or use (per)chlorates, pretty much of any kind, and quite specifically, potassium (per)chlorate. All of EU, and most of the countries in (free) trade alliances with them. Yara seems pretty common in Oz, look for a local supplier that carries 25kg sacks of Krista K Plus.us that a advised brand to use in Australia? ?From the conversation I had with my local supplier there are several brands with varying prices, with yates being the most expensive. .... It's going to boil down to one simple thing. What brands do actually provide "pure" KNO3, as a consumer product. Finding out the brands different product names, and then directly comparing them from their documentation is a reasonable way to figure out what you are getting. Factors such as purity, PH, package size, and so on should pretty much all be available.Krista K Plus is the best option from Yara. They have a prilled equivalent, but i cant for the life of me remember the name of it, and at least here in Sweden, it can only be had in so called "big bags" for farmers. Since i don't want to haul my KNO3 around with the forklift, i went with Krista K Plus.B!
Merlin Posted October 24, 2016 Posted October 24, 2016 (edited) MrB Please forgive my near sightedness in assuming you are from the US. I never cease to be amazed how well people from other countries use English! You are more fluent than most of us! I've never spoke with anyone from Sweden. Marie Frederickson and Per Gessle are Swedish. My favorite group of all time- Roxette! Edited October 24, 2016 by Merlin
MrB Posted October 24, 2016 Posted October 24, 2016 Merlin, thank you for the kind words. I generally consider my self illiterate in both the languages i know, so hearing that, is encouraging.It should be noted that using a spellchecker with a US dictionary helps, even if it seams i actually spell worse in Swedish... Roxette was a great "group", but only one of Per Gessles products. He's actually one of, if not the most productive Swedish artist, of all time. And, somewhat of a dick to everyone he ever worked with.A shame, since he actually produced a lot of good stuff, that somewhat suffers from his heavy handed dealings with former, and present partners in crime, so to speak.Anyway, we are getting of topic, so i suppose we should drop that line of reasoning, and get back to the KNO3. I just wanted to acknowledge that there was no offense taken, and say thank you for the compliment.B!
OldMarine Posted October 24, 2016 Posted October 24, 2016 Strange, Must Have Been Love was playing as I read these posts. Now that I think about it, not that strange. It's in every one of my playlists. Bound to appear opportunally sometimes.
austar Posted October 25, 2016 Author Posted October 25, 2016 What is the standard purity ok ag grade normaly?? 46%?????
Mumbles Posted October 25, 2016 Posted October 25, 2016 I checked both Haifa and SQM (Chilean, used to be Champion). It would seem the lowest grade they offer is around 95%.
austar Posted October 25, 2016 Author Posted October 25, 2016 In australia it seems they cant sell it over 46%I wonder if i have just wasted my money??
austar Posted October 25, 2016 Author Posted October 25, 2016 I just bought 25kg of krista k plus (yara)
Merlin Posted October 25, 2016 Posted October 25, 2016 (edited) Like Mumbles said around 95% potassium nitrate.Look up the material safety data sheet for yara and you will see it is 94 or greater potassium nitrate. Your nitrate is fine just concentrate on a good source of charcoal and sulfur. Pre-dry ingredients before milling and your ready to make good BP. I said earlier my haifna is 99.7%. I checked the stuff I got from seedranch is technical grade $127 for 50 lbs including shipping. Edited October 25, 2016 by Merlin
Merlin Posted October 25, 2016 Posted October 25, 2016 K is 39N is 14True but oxygen is 16x 3This is the atomic weight of potassium nitrate not the percent of KNO3
greenlight Posted October 25, 2016 Posted October 25, 2016 I have been using the krista K potassium nitrate since I was a kid when I had to get my dad to buy it for me and it works fine.I use willow charcoal and decent sulphur mill it for 8 to 9 hours and it is very fast hot BP.
austar Posted October 25, 2016 Author Posted October 25, 2016 Ok, i looked at data sheet. Claims 100%Just guy at shop said they cant sell over 46% purity. Winder if thats just a line used to stoo kids from trying to make bombs???O didnt go in myself, i had a mate from work go in because he lives nesr by and i am over an hour away. The closest place to me that had it wanted $86 for 25kg. Here it was $52 for 25kg. They had cheaper ones as well but krista k plus was refered to here so i just got thst one.
Merlin Posted October 25, 2016 Posted October 25, 2016 (edited) Actually it could be as you suspect or maybe he does not understand. Even the tech grade is not 100 %. The nitrate you have should work just fine. Edited October 25, 2016 by Merlin
Col Posted October 25, 2016 Posted October 25, 2016 (edited) krista k plus is 98.845% ,give or take. Edited October 25, 2016 by Col
Pirotecnia Posted October 25, 2016 Posted October 25, 2016 All the Potassium Nitrate i've used is agricultural grade. There may be some little differences (purity?) but i think it doesn't matter. For example, the black powder i've made with this kind of Nitrate is 100% functional, then i think you have to test the product and see if it has your desired results.
austar Posted October 25, 2016 Author Posted October 25, 2016 I did a very quick scratch mix, testing the green powder. It seems pretty good, so i am pretty happy at this point.
Mumbles Posted October 25, 2016 Posted October 25, 2016 I'm familiar with the poster you quoted. He's not a particularly.......informed person. I think you may be confusing the NPK rating for a direct measure of purity. 100% pure is something like 13.8-0-46.6. The K is measured by K2O equivalents, which makes things a little more confusing. 13-0-46 is 94% pure or better as long as it's KNO3 based. Check out a data sheet for it.
austar Posted October 25, 2016 Author Posted October 25, 2016 Ot was the manager of the farm supplies that it was 46%.O will post a photo of the bag tomorrow showing the n&kBut data sheet said 100%
dynomike1 Posted October 26, 2016 Posted October 26, 2016 Since i am not a chemist, i will ask this.How would this work?32% ammonia nitrate + 46% potash all granular.
Mumbles Posted October 26, 2016 Posted October 26, 2016 I'm not sure I follow. How would it work for what?
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