VetteLover

Jamit37, Here is a fool-proof way to get your copper chlorate solution: Order a pound of barium chlorate from a fireworks supplier; the stuff is cheap, and is carried by ANY fireworks supplier worth their, ahem, salt. While you're at it, unless you have some laying around, grab some copper sulfate too. This will come as the pentahydrate, though it will not be advertised as such. Your reaction will rely on the fact that barium sulfate is practically insoluble in water; in fact, to my knowledge, it is the only barium salt one can ingest without fear of death. It is used in barium enemas for this reason. Here is your procedure: Dissolve both salts in distilled water, such that the mass ratio of the two will be 1.218 parts barium chlorate to one part copper sulfate pentahydrate. When both are completely in solution, add the barium chlorate to the copper sulfate, and watch the barium sulfate immediately precipitate out of solution, as you add the two parts together. The barium salt being the heavier (it's not called "barium" for naught), it will settle to the bottom nicely. Pour off, or filter, as your tastes demand, and you will have a nice, pure copper chlorate solution. The salt will be the hydrated form, but you did not mention if that was an issue or not. EIther way, it will be an absolutely rabid oxidizer. This has worked for me, and I've employed it for the sole reason that barium chlorate is easily obtainable from fireworks suppliers, but the copper chlorate is next to unobtainium.... Good luck, stay safe, and be well Z06