tay1392 Posted November 21, 2006 Posted November 21, 2006 hello everyone, i was recently experimenting to see if you can make AL powder at your house. here's what I did. 1. got a 1/4" aluminum rod-put it in my drill 2. wrapped sandpaper-150 grit around it and turned on the drill for a little while. 3. i got a really fine powder and I was wondering how well you guys think it will work for flash powder. 4. although I didn't get this much, it looked a lot like this http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt...%3Doff%26sa%3DG just cut and paste it into your web adress box anyone else got any other methods for making their own Aluminum powder?
Chemguy Posted November 21, 2006 Posted November 21, 2006 This should be in newbie questions first of all. Also your Al will have a lot of SiO2 from the sand paper which will make your flash powder a lot worse. I don't like making flash, so I haven't really thought about it. I made it once by adding Mg to Aluminum sulfate, and washing the powder. It wasn't very good, but oh well. Also I have tried filing down a bar, slow and hard, but cheap.I suggest that if you are into Al powder you electrolyse aluminum sulfate. But then you could just do that to make Mg.btw, flash powder is not a popular item at this forum as it can be used for b0mbz.
Mumbles Posted November 21, 2006 Posted November 21, 2006 Here's a fun story, you being banned. I've warned you about this several times. This is not a forum about making flash powder. It seems all you are interested in is flash and salutes. You are the kind of person who causes trouble to come upon our hobby and forum. You are no longer welcome here.
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