How do you make nitric acid HNO3 and KNO3?

[ed84c]

How do you make nitric acid HNO3 and KNO3? WITHOUT using oine to make the other (and no im not dropping potassium into nitric acid, mainly due to the fact I dont want to die yet). Using household materials, (purification of fertilizer?)

 

Im NOT a terrorist, just 14 and want to do some experiments in my back garden.

[YT2095]

buy either Ammonium Nitrate or Nitrate of Soda (both sold as fertiliser).

displace the Sodium or Ammonium ions with a potassium salt (potassium, carbonate, hydroxide or chloride). pure white wood ash contains potassium carbonate and hydroxide as the soluable materials if you`re REALLY stuck for K containg salts

 

as for making Nitric acid, you`ll need Sulphuric acid to start with.

have a look on here for a thread called "how to make hydrochloric acid" or something similar, that has plenty of data

 

EDIT: may I ask why you want Nitric acid in particular?

[ed84c]

Hi

 

 

As we discussed in another forum i plan to make explosive from asprin which requires HNO3 and KNO3

[Sayonara]

lol

 

I see your armies are growing YT

[YT2095]

Ehem, who is WE?

 

the only other forum I use is AOMmasters, so I gather you mean you and some mates?

well for a start, aspirin and KNO3 are indeed used, you don`t use HNO3 though?

it`s either one or the other, not both

 

LOL @ Sayo

I`m starting to worry myself to be honest! to use a famous quote "I think I`ve created a Monster" (said in my best Boris Karlof voice)