Testing Different Potassium Nitrate and Sugar Mixtures

[@digitalbroadcaster]

Apart from the need to finely powder and mix both compounds before lighting, Kev has an irate partner because there’s nothing to cook the chicken in, but also the nicest smelling workshop that would give the Wonka factory a run for its money

[@bapemo49]

Use powdered sugar.

[@everettamador9885]

Oh yeah!

[@cocospops9351]

Use ground up regular sugar. Powdered sugar often has some corn starch mixed with it.

[@sabik6979]

@@cocospops9351 I used powdered sugar with corn starch and works really good.

[@corrick4339]

@@sabik6979 yup it works alright

[@osamabinladen824]

@@corrick4339 Correct

[@Laurenavan]

Even when lit the various mixes he missed the ideal mix ratio of KNO3 65% and Sugar 35 %. How he decided that 50/50 was the most energetic is beyond me. That looked like a normal flame. You want to hear the oxygen sizzle as it's being formed. A sound of a whoosh. Making an extra large candy motor is simple and cheap. But the mega size motors like L can really take off and produce a lot of thrust.

[@Sam-ik6uj]

The ratio you said above works well for model rocket engines along with some pretty kick ass fountains if you add some aluminum or other alkali earth metal salts. Strontium and barium make some pretty cool colors.

[@zulmallamas4672]

@@Sam-ik6uj how much strontium and barium?

[@osamabinladen824]

Very interesting.

[@TheRojo387]

It's good for making firecrackers, right?

[@agaphmouesu]

@@TheRojo387 of course, it's a fuel mixed with an oxidizer

[@dropfacades8142]

Melt them together at a 60/40 (potassium nitrate/sugar)ratio then put into a toilet paper roll container for a superb homemade smoke stick. Happy forth!

[@HDRNX]

Gamma Relay fourth*

[@fineagedlime2326]

And the whole thing goes boom cuz you put 40/60 instead

[@dropfacades8142]

@The More You Know hmm, not sure I can answer that one, especially in the current "climate".

[@OldNavajoTricks]

Light a small firecracker in your open palm and you get surface burns, close your fist around one and you lose your hand. I hope you can extrapolate the point 😉

[@Thomas-oo5db]

It is also good rocket fuel

[@omegablaze8008]

What a wonderful test, just what i was looking for, you saved me a lot of time. Great vid. Cheers

[@willsimpson125]

Hmm 3 years ago I wonder what your using that mixture for today hmm not making slugs I hope

[@viator5000]

I've seen people adding sulfur and aluminium into the mix and it was much longer and gave of lots of smoke and smell. Good for moles

[@nathanholyland9493]

adding sulfur makes it one step closer to gunpowder Lmao

[@riceu5400]

Yeah smell sulfer and get lung cancer

[@osamabinladen824]

@@nathanholyland9493 True

[@matoko123]

Apparently it wasn't good for my moles, they'll never let me hear the last of it!

[@UmbrellaWellness]

This works like gunpowder. You need a source of oxygen, the oxidizing agent and fuel source. Sugar. Since sugar has some oxygen in it’s chemical structure, you can use more sugar than you would use charcoal for gun powder.

[@Chrisinpa]

I make my saltpetre and sugar into a powder in a small coffee grinder. (Separately) I mix 50/50 and add 91 percent rubbing alcohol to make a wet mix. I fill a tube for a rocket motor and let the mix dry out with some heat. When the mix has hardened drill a small hole through the hardened mixture and make a nozzle. I use a washer that has a hole in it and secure it with steel epoxy mix. (JB Weld) If you make a small amount put it on a spoon to test. My mix is rather explosive.

[@dalemoolman3089]

Imagine putting rust powder in your 50/50 mix

[@Chrisinpa]

@@dalemoolman3089 Hmmmmm.

[@Fuckinwithya]

Just A few crushed sparklers and some paraffin wax

[@leksingtillsjagdor5900]

Of course the 50/50 mix burns faster when you use the blowtorch instead of the regular lighter.

[@bwhite3872]

Put potassium nitrite, and mixed with 6O%, sugar and put into a rolled up piece of foolscape paper, and wrap the paper cylinder in red electric tape. You can also do this with 2O% sugar for an intense and safe (can hold in your hand for a moment road flare. PS: don't try this at home. Sometimes the mixture can explode.

[@edwardortman2593]

Ahh so make sure you do it a hospital rather than at home for when it does explode while you are holding it in your hand... "Can hold in your hand for a moment road flare"... Followed with "can sometimes explode"... LOL....

[@bwhite3872]

@@edwardortman2593 - I have actually made and held these Home-Made road flares. If properly mixed it is quite safe.

[@UncleFjester]

1966 I was 8yrs old mixing 50/50 for smoke bombs, before the interweb too! Massive White Smoke!

[@osamabinladen824]

Is 50/50 the optimum mix? I mean, as propellant, what is the most effective one?

[@patrichausammann]

@@osamabinladen824 Hello dear subscriber to my channel! No 50/50 is not the optimum. The optimal mix of these two components would be around 65% KNO3 and 35% sugar. It would work better than shown in this video if the components were dissolved in distilled water and the water then evaporated off at the lowest possible temperature, at around 100 degrees Celsius. You shouldn't exceed 120 degrees Celsius as the KNO3 can deteriorate. But sorbitol may be a better fuel than sugar because you don't need water to mix the ingredients together homogeneously. I am writing this because remaining water can negatively affect the burning reaction and sorbitol has a melting point of around 100 degrees Celsius. The ideal ratio of KNO3 and sorbitol is the same as stated for sugar. First melt the sorbitol at the temperature mentioned and then stir in the KNO3 evenly. Disclaimer: I decline any responsibility.

[@christopheroneill2961]

​@patrichausammann hey how sure are you that kn03 will deteriorate at temps above 120c?

[@solarsynapse]

The KNO3 is heavier than sugar per volume. I have been using 1 scoop prilled KNO3 and 1 scoop granulated sugar in a coffee blender to make a hot burning powder.

[@J-Justice666]

One drop of water in the mix makes a difference. You're basically combining an oxidizer and a fuel. A drop of water will pre-combine the ingredients and make burn more efficient. The saltpeter, harmless by itself- albeit corrosive- will do the same thing to wood or anything else (like paper, saw dust) that burns on its own. This is similar to how trinitrotoluene :TNT is made, ANFO too. Be careful storing the mixed fuel/oxidizer combo... it can become unstable and ignite / explode in the right conditions... Remember Nitroglycerin? Mean stuff... Put some (of your 50/50 + a few drops of H2O) in a coke can on the hood of an enemy's car... WooHoo!

[@mckarthy5771]

A drop of water added for better mixing and end up burning better when it drys or ignite when water is present?

[@thatrandomscientist1704]

@@mckarthy5771 when it drys im pretty sure

[@milkopas911]

I got remaining kno3 from gunpowder project and want to make with them another explosives thank you for showing me the best ratio

[@stormymcdowell1076]

Thank you for the hard work you did of your video. Will be a hit in Texas.

[@scubacertified]

This is a really well made video. You deserve more subscribers!

[@מירון-ב7ר]

BrainDoesStuff not really.he didn’t mix them well,didn’t grind the powders till they are fine,and didn’t seal the containers so the nitrate got muist

[@stevefox3763]

i have the same scales, to zero them you dont have to turn them of and on again, you just press the power button briefly and it wlll zero them.

[@andyl5645]

That's what the "tare" button is for.

[@stevefox3763]

@@andyl5645 the power button IS the tare button in those scales

[@huntergatherernow-qz3te]

I used Xtra wax and melted wax and did 60 40 mix , added mix to melted wax , from stick candles. after mixing good I I let cool then I broke it up to powder and added another 60 40 powder and sugar and a spoon full of sulfur and mixed well again and ended up with wax and sugar and potassium nitrate powder .. then put on a tin lid and put fuse in and lit.. great gopher smoke.. stick candles break and crumble up with the mix into a powder .. try that some time and see how much better it will be for smoke

[@mr.techaky7655]

You need to make your ingredients into a fine powder.... this will help them compound easier. Second, to make these and effective smoke mixture you add the powder to melted paraffin wax.

[@ClayishWall]

Or, an even better method to get it to burn super hot and produce a lot of smoke is 40% sugar and 60% potassium nitrate and cook them together in a frying pan until the sugar carmelizes, you then should pour it into some sort of container such as a toilet paper roll with tin foil on the bottom. Then you wait till it hardens in the fridge for a bit till it hardens from which you can light it off and kabam super smoke bomb/extremes heat

[@osamabinladen824]

Mr.Techaky Thanks for the idea.

[@mrshowtime7465]

@@ClayishWall I've tried this. My mixture hardens like a rock but when I light it nothing happens AT ALL. can you help

[@ClayishWall]

@@mrshowtime7465 imma be completely real with u, I don’t even remember making this comment, but I got my source from somewhere online so the best advice I can give ya is just to look it up somewhere, sorry

[@ShOxCooking]

@@ClayishWall lmao 3 years ago

[@Bitsadola]

0:19 Yeah...that´s what i`m talking about!!!

[@jinxjones5497]

_you're mixing an oxidizer with fuel then completing the fire triangle with ignition. If you want a better effect mix your compounds in a coffee grinder or pestle and mortar or you can heat them up in a container to product a peanut butter looking material which you could make into interesting shapes before setting them alight_

[@melplishka-se8bf]

Your mixing an oxidizer (potassium nitrate) with the fuel (sugar). The nitrate stores oxygen to burn the sugar.

[@xMorogothx]

Would adding some Hydrogen Peroxide to this mixture make it burn more volatile? It's also an oxidizer, very strong one. But it does break down into water so that might make it fail.

[@my2centz196]

Patasium nitrate produces oxygen when it burns. Fire not only needs oxygen to burn it also increases the heat causing it to burn faster

[@dzryad7400]

Amazing and very helpful video, its helped me in my rocket school project, Greetings from Algeria

[@ghougamoussah7166]

me too it helped me( , from Algeria,) in my physique project

[@fern8580]

3:55 no much fun for that one : you made me laugh a lot!

[@rodneyriccitelli5356]

Rocket candy

[@DreadEnder]

Much better than sugar and bicarbonate of soda but with a less cool end result

[@ChongPangBoom]

I wish I had a look at this when I was a 14 year old boy. But I think I got it right back then as well. I love the smell. Why didn't you mention the smell?

[@nistaod4060]

Me tooo

[@matoko123]

I got it right back in the early 70's too :) Made pipe bombs detonated under a concrete slab in the garden, those were the days :)

[@catherineharris4746]

Simply outstanding!👍👍👍

[@NoLuckToMe]

saltpetre is a spice. you can find it at almost every grocery store. Santa Maria has it

[@pahrumpianrockets7301]

KNO3 is an oxidizer. And suger, which is an alcohol, is the fuel. Meaning, in the reaction the oxidizer provides oxygen for the fuel to burn.

[@kadenlarson9992]

sugar and sugar alcohol are different things though

[@PyroThunder]

Dave T I’m pretty sure you flunked chemistry class

[@samn6498]

8:18 “potatsitsum”

[@heritagekebek9979]

Well heard Michel :)

[@brodylockley3141]

Yea michel

[@USMAN-md5ln]

Potassium nitrate called (kalmi shora)

[@ccgd4400]

I've done the 65:35 ratio and it works fairly well, im guessing from watching this that a 55:45 or somewhere in between 60% and 55% for potassium, let me know if that works for you! (I just had the cops at my place a while ago so I cant experiment on my own anymore.. D: f*** California lol)

[@osamabinladen824]

Matt Miller Why you have cops?

[@pitchforkpeasant6219]

@@osamabinladen824 cuz neighbors are programmed brainwashed libs

[@mackizzer2302]

I’m from San Francisco California and the cops don’t care here unless ur not doing it a safe place where it doesn’t interfere with other people which u should always. And always say it’s just fireworks I found, don’t say ur trying anything

[@noahdimon6735]

5:10 "Ow" Thanks for that

[@Somotaw]

PN = confusing for ppl XD Potassium is K and Nitrate is NO3. Its not Phosphorus and nitrogen right? ;) Still well done, liked.

[@matiabc9571]

Potassium Nitrate ;) cheers

[@zaydabbas1609]

Yeah that made me cringe so hard

[@leventetolgyesi8160]

I also thinked about it im this bad in english or what? Extra:in Hungary we say it like káliumnitrát

[@sigmamale4147]

Nitrate is not NO3 though

[@patrichausammann]

@@sigmamale4147 Nitrate is "NO3-" and refers to the salts (MINO3) and esters (R-O-NO2) of the nitric acid "HNO3".🤓

[@physics3632]

its because oxidiser + fuel that is the the reaction to make it cooler add some iron filings and copper powder

[@PureVikingPowers]

For a beginner just use aluminum foil rolled into balls in a coke bottle and toilet cleaner then seal it and run or if you want a really big explosion (not recommended) and can be illegal depending on where you live use ammonium nitrate from fertilizers with fuel oil or aluminum powder or many other substances and it's more powerful then TNT think about the explosion in Beirut it was from ammonium nitrate from fertilizers. Or Gunpowder it's made from charcoal, potassium nitrate (saltpeter) that you can by in any supermarket it's used to preserve foods & sulfur that you can buy in any supermarket it's used for plants

[@michaelcote6668]

how big of a sugar rocket engine do I make to send 200lbs 1 mile in the atmosphere? Can you show me where I can read up on this fun stuff?

[@mrscrewu1199]

Michael Cote Make it as big as you can, the worst that could happen is that you blow up the sun ;)

[@crazyhq270]

First step is to calculate in metrics

[@fredrikcarlen3212]

You'll need to amke a good nozzle as well for that ssize and height. Not just about the fuel.

[@ClickClack_Bam]

So you want to send your fat ass wife into orbit as well I see?

[@budddove6480]

People like you ruin it for everyone else.

[@MrFuggleGuggle]

Hope you had on goggles, because you sure as shite didn't have GLOVES! Safety First, please!...

[@SHVPerfumes]

can this be used to make incense stick burn continously?

[@MegaHugro]

I'm going to try 50/50 mix with powdered sugar packing that in to numerous holes in a large Walnut stump soaking it in kerosene and then lighting it after about a week

[@bobjacobs8643]

This video got me to subscribe. 👍

[@mackizzer2302]

Because mixing certain chemicals together can change the properties completely, and basically everything is a chemical or have properties of chemicals/chemical

[@gt3574]

Can u smelt it will it still work good... IM A BEGINNER :D

[@jimmyweber8793]

That poor pot! 😆 🤣 😂 😹

[@chemistryscuriosities]

When you mix an oxidizer like KNO3 with a fuel like Sugars you get deflagration.

[@nanonood2261]

Wat it deflgration meaning?

[@TicTacEnjoyer]

THE POWER OF SUGAR!!!

[@timh.2137]

The sugar is the fuel in the potassium nitrate is the oxidizer. 60/40 ratio seems to be the best for Rockets. You get much better results if you powder the potassium nitrate any small blender like a Magic Bullet blender and use powdered sugar instead of the normal granular. Even better results is when you melt them together in a cooking pan over a non flame heat Source like a hot plate, when the mixture cools it is one big rock solid chunk. The best results is when you take the melted solid chunk and then pulverize it into a powder!

[@christopheroneill2961]

When you say pulverized how safely? Would It be a risk for it to ignite?

[@timh.2137]

@@christopheroneill2961First I forgot to say add in 1% of red iron oxide (AKA red rust)! As for turning the large hard chunk back into a powder it can be done safely with a hard wooden rod and glass/ceramic bowl but I have found a way to do it safely in a electric coffee grinder or kitchen blender which involves the filled up blender in the on position sitting on a small table in the middle of my yard connected to a unplugged long extension cord then I plug it in at a safe distance. I know it sounds ridiculous because it starts off as powder then you heat it to mix and melt together then turn it back into a powder all so you can press it back into a solid... but I have found this way to have more energy and outperforms pour casting of the hot mixture.

[@hasmitrathod7071]

Sir If you put aluminum powder in potassium and sugar mix, will the fire turn white???

[@carlo264]

You need to mix the chemical properly my friend

[@UFOHUNTER65]

powdered sugar with granulated sugar = better smoke ? baking soda ?

[@chainsaw3925]

If you put them in a rocket, you exclude the oxygen from the air, so there you might need more potassium nitrate. Probably 33/67 or just do 40/60

[@osamabinladen824]

65/35

[@nic5779]

use icing sugar and water when mixing then dry for better results

[@anthonyhadsell2673]

Haven’t watched the video but the chemically balanced mixture would be at 74/26 potassium to sugar. I could explain the math if anyones interested but basically if you take the molar mass and adjust it according to the balanced equation the ratio comes out to 74/26

[@dom93b]

Yes, ty - wich reagents you use

[@matoko123]

most pros would disagree with you, for rocket fuel 65:35 is the accepted optimum ratio.

[@anthonyhadsell2673]

@@matoko123 i did some real tests, idk why but im wrong. i guess for some reason its better to have an excess of fuel

[@matoko123]

@@anthonyhadsell2673 There must be a difference between theory and practice. I suspect other variables are involved that the theory doesn't take into account

[@gasmanrus]

I recognised your voice straight away. What the chances. 😂

[@beherith2874]

Usally there would be a binder to hold the compound together. But this is alot better, less work. Also i tried mixtures with some Aluminium powder or Magnesium powder, Iron(III) oxid also works to increase burnrate.

[@HDRNX]

Officer Patty just heat the mixture slowly over a hotplate stirring connstantly until it turns dark brown.and pour the molten material into a suitable container.

[@beherith2874]

I tried doing that, however i get alot of air bubles and i had my rockets explode due to that reason: (

[@HDRNX]

Officer Patty you could tey using a metalic container. L Then you can continue to heat the container until the air bubbles bubble out. Or you can place the rocket engine into a vaccuum chamber whille its still hor and vaccuum out the bubbles. Vaccuum chamber can be created with a glass jelly jar, and an old refrigerator compressor for cheap.

[@mr.techaky7655]

@@HDRNX Dude.... or you can just pour the mixture into a cardboard tube and put a large wooden dowel in it. Damn, must you make things so overly complicated. -_-

[@HDRNX]

@@mr.techaky7655 yes but some of us enjoy overengineering.

[@lexitnute1306]

Good for a volcano eruption project!!

[@jojodirk7710]

Use confectioners sugar, and stump remover it burns rapidly. That's how I make mine.

[@andyl5645]

It would have been nice to get the temperatures of them. However, if you want more "bang" for your buck,I would go with 40pn + 60s or possibly 45pn + 55s. It gives off more gas which fills a closed container faster and well we know what happens when you get too much pressure in a closed container...pop goes the weasel. Yet heat doesn't create the same effect.

[@niwy1838]

Potassium Nitrate is KNO3... Potassium= "K"

[@sammyers8106]

Kalium in german you donkey

[@KClO3]

Sam Myers Not German but most other languages

[@osamabinladen824]

Wow. Very cool. 👌

[@geeder9086]

It needs to be melted into a taffy (in a double boiler to avoid ignition) and poured into a rocket motor tube. Powdered sugar & nitrate work better if you don't make a taffy

[@andyl5645]

You just said make it into a taffy then it works better NOT in a taffy??!? Which is it??

[@geeder9086]

@@andyl5645 I don't n't know how the 'n't' got there -- I meant do. Thanks n't

[@AShindigPig]

Need to put over low heat so sugar melts and they make a goo

[@painintherc7771]

I'm not sure buddy but i used to chuck handfuls of sugar into our open fire when i was a kid and that used to really go up in flames, maybe the other ingredient gives off oxygen under heat? 👍

[@calinbreedlove4196]

The potassium nitrate provides oxygen for the sugar to burn. ive made rockets with it which was pretty cool

[@mrscrewu1199]

Pain in the RC What happened when you did that is that the sugar grains would be alone in midair, meaning it had all the air it wanted. Look up waxfire, pretty much the same thing

[@heritagekebek9979]

0:09 Since when they write : Saltpetre in english when it's Saltpeter! They kind of write it half french/english (Fr = Salpêtre).

[@antonycasanova4067]

It's Okay, try some charcoal with it and one time just NP, Thanks!

[@duajalanbaru]

If with charcoal what happen reaction with this combination?

[@FLMKane]

Not much. Charcoal is another source for combustible fuel but it has much less energy than sugar. The key to getting a faster burn would be to powder the sugar and then use a much more serious energy input. Like maybe an electrical discharge from a welding stick

[@discopoe]

If you try to set fire to the oxidizer, not much will happen. Thanks for that info.

[@Aywake]

the right ratio is 65% kno3 (potassium nitrate) and 35% sugar

[@DreadEnder]

It’s chemist Kev

[@kewalsingh3282]

Put 65% know and 35% sugar

[@whataboutbob7967]

Very nice experiment. thank you

[@jeandepainter2657]

powdersugar works way better

[@charliekarlsson3161]

You need a better scale

[@andresruiz1213]

What would give more delta V in a model rocket, is the question

[@agustinyavar525]

making it as light and streamline as posible is the easyest way to get delta V

[@alvinramsey9372]

That's pretty cool either way you look at it. When I saw it I immediately wondered how hot it burned. And whether or not it could be used as a substitute for thermite. Some testing of trying to weld rebar together would be kind of cool.

[@antonycasanova4067]

About 300F at top

[@Cereal_Killer007]

Nothing compared to thermite. Thermite will burn through a engine block in 5 min

[@timh.2137]

​@@Cereal_Killer007you would have to have like a 5-gallon bucket of thermite to go through an engine block.

[@Cereal_Killer007]

@@timh.2137 I saw a video of a guy who went about half way through with a half gallon so I would assume 2 gallons would do it easy

[@gmacka6333]

I know you conducted this experiment, but did you not take note of the reaction times of each mix? The 50/50 mix took (a rough estimate) approximately 12 seconds to fully burn. The 40% KN02 took about 6 seconds. Its been 5 years, maybe take another look

[@lauriewatkins8522]

Try 35% Sugar and 65% Pot N, makes a good white powder, at least equivalent to black powder, for fuses try 24% Sugar and 36% Pot N, nice medium burn fuse

[@matoko123]

thanks for fuse info. but whats the other 40%?

[@uppishcub1617]

chemical reactions are all due to electronegativity differences, the potassium nitrate and the sugar molecules probably have a large difference in electronegativity, thus causing them to react so violently

[@ulfsarksvartblot3899]

don't sure what you mean exactly? electronegativity is for elements, not molecules. and if the difference in electronegativity gets high enough, ions are formed... for instance NaCl: sodium has a very low electronegativity and chlorine a high one, and when it reacts it is indeed very violent..

[@morgansjodin4859]

Remeber this from my youth.. but we did 2 kg or more of sugar with all the saltpeter we could nick for "free" :)

[@jamesmackie6641]

Why have you not added sulfur which would improve your burn rate

[@poison_corpse3140]

Which produced more smoke??

[@geeder9086]

The scale cannot wobble when pressing the zero button -- must an absolutely solid surface

[@1986hlamin]

what can we make more further with this for the explosion?

[@matty8944]

The best ratio should be something like 26g sugar :73 KNO3

[@ghulamqadirpardesi7767]

Good experiments

[@chintanbhatt552]

Very useful

[@antonycasanova4067]

That's why I'm Lookin bro! Be ready, you know!

[@AELAWRENCE100]

Have you tried adding black powder to your mix

[@gijsautomotive1217]

Black powder consists of salpeter

[@rngmstrdan]

@@gijsautomotive1217 blackpowder actually burns at a slower rate. The sugar in the mix dumps loads of hydrogen into the mix once ignited with the KNO3. blackpowder is simply charcoal, sulfur, and KNO3.

[@gijsautomotive1217]

@@rngmstrdan Yeah, I know. KNO3 = Kali salpeter = potassium nitrate.

[@jaakkooksa5374]

What ratio is best for sugar rockets? What about smoke bombs?

[@patrichausammann]

The optimal ratio is about 65%KNO3 to 35% sugar. Disclaimer: I decline any liability!

[@mtx4442]

Which salt do you order?

[@apersonwanderingthebramble9174]

HAHA HE THINK We'RE NOT GONNA TRY IT

[@williamsshane21]

You can heat potassium nitrate and powdered sugar until it is putty or like mud. And then make rocket

[@Justintheinsane]

wondering how well it would burn if some charcoal was added

[@osamabinladen824]

And sulphur. Try some napalm.

[@scamper_van8470]

crispy sugar tasty on on chocolate mouse.. the best mix at least for me its 60% potassium nitrate and 40% sugar...

[@barendhermanvandyk2242]

Hi the best burning 2:1 works better and cleaner burn

[@claytonrealist8868]

It's stump remover and can be bought at most hardware stores.

[@heritagekebek9979]

Yeah but some countries remove this kind of product to public selling. Since stupid terrorists (collegial students too) did bombs or smokebombs. Yeah, some are lower lifeform and still doing silly weapons... With new reglementation in Canada we can have the stump remover but we have to show a passport or driving license + health card + proof of residence + what the use of the product. A little more and they would ask for the color of our underwear... It's more easy to go at Walmart and get instant cold pack (ammonium nitrate) with Windsor salt-free potassium chloride. At least, they don't ask you anything.

[@osamabinladen824]

@@heritagekebek9979 Nice

[@William.Shakespeare]

if you mix the 2 is a pan , salt petre and sugar , and add the good jelly food coloring , heat over a very lov flame until the mixture turns gold , then pour into container and flip matches upside down to act as fuses and you now have a working smoke bomb like they sell everywhere here in the states . smoke color is of course determined by food coloring color chosen . the pot or pan will be ruined utterly . should you do this so it outside , christ i filled my moms kitchen with smoke when i was a wee lad , it happens even over a low flame at times . anyway cheers .

[@jacobsamorodin9937]

What about substituting molasses for powdered sugar?

[@survivalishardstaystorng]

you forgot the disclaimer don't try this at home also you should probably put gloves on and safety goggles this way if anyone does get dumb and think hey they can do this too at least they'll copy you completely at least you would think they would also you should adjust your sugar to 66% and 33% potassium nitrate I think you're going to have a better reaction next time try potassium permagatite a little dash of that it will surprise you or you can always go with brake fluid and chlorine that is a timed explosion or just potassium permagatite and glycerin which you can find in the women's beauty section at any store just about and the potassium permitage you can get at your local hardware store it's used to remove iron from water it's a nice little thing to have in your doomsday bag if you want to try and start a fire somewhere in a situation that you just don't have the ability to do friction fire or maybe it could be raining a little vaseline and a cotton ball is a nice little wick Burns for at least 10 minutes before it goes out.

[@Bacanalable]

Some sulfur finely ground compounds and the combustion became explosive...

[@Samurai__-iq3zi]

Just add sulfur to the potassium nitrate and sugar?? If so what percentage of it needs to be sulfur??

[@Bacanalable]

@@Samurai__-iq3zi The recipe for black powder includes 10% (in weight) sulfur. In a big nitrate sodium cargo, you don´t need accuracy for metering ingredients, just a little part burning and exploding to start a full explosion of nitrate, such as in Beirut, Lebanon. In those cases, diesel, oils (even cooking oils) act as the charcoal adding the carbon for the black powder recipe. Plastic or metal containers with oils and/or fuels melting or rupturing help the stirring of those ingredients.

[@mattiazanini7495]

@@Bacanalable Hi for fast burning i should add 5-10% sulfur at nitrate-sugar ?