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2016-02-01 08:12:48 UTC
I have been recently rediscovering my interest in Chemistry. Especially with regard to energetic compounds. Where I live, experimentation gets you locked up and deported. I guess with good reason. As I have been researching the net, I think I am starting to see why. Some people should need a supervising adult to pour a glass of water.
To the point though, I have been reading this thread and wondering. Sodium Chlorate and Potassium Chlorate are apparently notoriously dangerous in comparison to the corresponding perchlorates. At least that is what I have read a lot of lately. I never had a problem with chlorate based flash powder in my younger years. I never had a spontaneous or unwanted detonation or deflagration. I preferred sodium chlorate to potassium chlorate personally due to it being (in my perception at least) a little bit quicker to react. The problem was how it sucks up water like a dehydrated camel. I never did too much with perchlorates outside of the school lab. That was no fun either because my Chem teacher was former EOD in the Army and had eyes like a hawk.
My long winded question is assuming a 5% content of vaseline, 5% content of paraffin (liquid) 85% NaClO3 I would try adding a 3-5% of some kind of aromatic to facilitate initiation. TNT/ DMT are often quoted. I know that with chlorates, any kind of sulphur or acid, means learning to wipe with the other hand. But what about an exotic aromatic, such as Ethelene Glycol?
To the point though, I have been reading this thread and wondering. Sodium Chlorate and Potassium Chlorate are apparently notoriously dangerous in comparison to the corresponding perchlorates. At least that is what I have read a lot of lately. I never had a problem with chlorate based flash powder in my younger years. I never had a spontaneous or unwanted detonation or deflagration. I preferred sodium chlorate to potassium chlorate personally due to it being (in my perception at least) a little bit quicker to react. The problem was how it sucks up water like a dehydrated camel. I never did too much with perchlorates outside of the school lab. That was no fun either because my Chem teacher was former EOD in the Army and had eyes like a hawk.
My long winded question is assuming a 5% content of vaseline, 5% content of paraffin (liquid) 85% NaClO3 I would try adding a 3-5% of some kind of aromatic to facilitate initiation. TNT/ DMT are often quoted. I know that with chlorates, any kind of sulphur or acid, means learning to wipe with the other hand. But what about an exotic aromatic, such as Ethelene Glycol?