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it depends on which oxide it is. Fe2O3 and Fe3O4 are ferric. the former could be specified by adding "red" somewhere in its name and the latter oculd be specified by adding "black" somewhere in its name. FeO is ferrous oxide.

woah, sorry. forgot i had posted this:\ first: i suggest you look for an old english translator, then post or pm me what you make of it

well, there has never been a purely capitalist state to my knowledge...

"What do you mean like no tariffs? or that you can outsource your labour? or that it's all outside the control of governments an run by multinationals." completely unrestricted free trade is pure capitalism. it allows for the exploitation of the proletariat by the bourgeoisie. simply, labour standards cease to exist and a select few control the political scene due to their immense quantities of money. remember the formulas for capital: M-C-M' and C-M-C' where C'>C and M'>M, M=money and C=commodity. this works, but the opposite of this is observed by the proletariat, who become more and more impovershed. monopolies and trusts form and the proletariat becomes far more rapidly impovershed

btw the plant that makes KNO3 is borage, also known as borago officianalis

i hate the concept of an unrestricted free market

trimethylamine. eek

i dunno. try it

i dont think you need conc sulfuric

"You say the plant 'makes it' are you sure it dusont just store it?" no, it makes it gilded, try some potassium chlorate and sucrose with a drop of H2SO4. much better.

well, sodium likes to make the peroxide...perhaps it reduced then acted as a base?

that would be really, really weird. i think there was some odd impurity

no, there is a plant that actually makes KNO3 itself. when you burn it the plant pops and snaps and all. seriously. i forgot its name. it's a bit of an odd plant. btw, gunpowder is made with potassium nitrate (saltpeter), carbon and sulfur powders mixed together

um...ok so we have glycerol. youre saying that pyridine esterfied with it or something??

............. yes there is a plant that makes it naturally. also look in abandoned barns. not quite wild, but yes. CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, KNO3 IS NOT AS COOL AS PEOPLE MAKE IT OUT TO BE

Na doesnt react with anything to make pyridine..... as far as i know...

pyridine is incredibly difficult to find tho, considering it's one of the most closely watched chems

yeah, i've decided to just ignore all those kids who go "OMG KNO3 PWNZ0RZ!" be careful, buddy. have fun too

the boranes are to be loved. they're all so electron-deficient

or anything remotely possible to reduce

you can make pyridine with sodium and glycerol??????? really, where did you get the idea of pyridine from?

mine is me, i mean dr lang

thermites arent easy at all. how fine are your powders? they have to be really finely divided and intimitely mixed. then you need to have the activation energy, which isn't easy either. i'll second jdurg; you want to be careful

just a note: when you mix the ferric oxide powder with the aluminum powder, i suggest you add a little acetone or some organic solvent. it will create a suspension so you can swirl your mixture so you have random dispersion of particles. the solvent will evaporate and you'll be left with dry, randomly dispersed particles, which ensure a better yield

it's not a particularly strong acid, but it will also go through your skin like a pirahna, hence its name "pirahna bath". i dont suggest you make it for many reasons, among them the fact that it can and probably will explode at random. plus there's the fact that it will corrode mostly anything it comes into contact with that isnt highly oxidized to begin with. just not pleasant at all to have and not so useful...