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Zn + S smoke bomb, Q about zinc


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I live in australia and havent been able to find any pure zinc powder to make smoke bombs out of, the closest i have found is "zinc fix" in the chem, which is 1/4 zinc, and a zinc plant food, which is about 1/2 zinc. I was wondering if it was possible to use them in a smoke bomb, or would the impurites prevent me from doing it?

 

Ive been doing alot of research and havent been able to find a question to this answer

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No the zinc fix and plant food cant be used as they contain no metallic zinc just zinc salts.

 

I'll give you a hint search for metal powders.

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If you want to make some decent smoke bomb's why not just use the 60:40 ratios of KNO3 + SUGAR? They work great here's the link to the article about how to make them:

 

http://www.pyroguide.com/index.php?title=Smoke_mix

 

I hope this helps a bit. ^_^

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