Separating Drano Crytals

[ercdndrs]

Alright, so I've bought some Drano drain opening crystals (http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/household/brands?tbl=brands&id=19001029) and I'm wondering how I could separate the chemicals in them.. there are aluminum flakes, prills of sodium nitrate (I believe) and very small spheres of sodium hydroxide/sodium chloride.

 

Thanks!

[ydoaPs]

We're not going to tell you how to make meth.

[ercdndrs]

I'm pretty sure I'm not trying to make meth

I have easier ways to get sodium nitrate... I was looking for NaOH but it turned out that the drain cleaner was actually a mixture of chemicals : /

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NH4NO3 + NaHCO3 -> NaNO3 + NH4HCO3

[Capita]

You will probably be better off buying 100% lye I found it at ace hardware under the company rooto usually bigger stores like lowes home depot ect dont carry these things but like I said the stuff isn't to hard to find just look around at smaller mom and pop stores and there are many uses for lye soap, bio-diesel, meth heads only ruined it for everyone. A good way to tell if the lye is 100% is obviously if it says on the package or if its secondary uses are listed as soap making.