Separating KClO3/O4 from match heads

[Invader_Gir]

what would you recommend to add (if anything) to the KClO3 other than sugar?

[YT2095]

Charcoal powder.

[Gilded]

Hmmmm... Howcome charcoal is better? Because the sugar produces water when burned?

[boris_73]

yes sugar does produce water when burned so charcoal would be better

[Gilded]

So the nice color is just because of the carbon then?

[Von Klemmung]

Just a thought...

 

This sounds like a way to make your own improvised toy caps (considering the amount of comp is in today's caps, and the imminent government crackdown on toys that go "The B-word".)

 

But seriuosly, acetoning match heads could actually make them dangerous???

 

Or maybe using another kind of solvent to remove binders/fillers?

 

Dang, I have to shut down that idea-making part of my brain...

[budullewraagh]

"acetoning". you mean adding acetone to match heads? that shouldn't be problematic.

 

btw, "caps" contain an incredibly small amount of armstrong's mixture: red phosphorus and potassium chlorate. it's incredibly sensitive. never make it, ever.

[Gilded]

"btw, "caps" contain an incredibly small amount of armstrong's mixture: red phosphorus and potassium chlorate. it's incredibly sensitive. never make it, ever."

 

Yep. It's like near the TCAP-level on the scale of craziness. And I can tell you, there aren't many levels after that (at least no one has lived to tell about them).

[budullewraagh]

no it's crazier than tcap

[Von Klemmung]

Oh, I know Armstrong's, maybe not pure, but in some configuration anyway.

 

Over here, we have a kind of "toy cap", that can best be described/translated with "Dog Stoppers".

 

It seems they were once used to scare off belligerent dogs.

 

The cap itself consists of a 1/2" styrofoam cup (former cork), with a largish (3-5 matchheads) of a VERY sensitive red composition.

 

The cap is placed in the barrel of a special gun, which projects a needle into the composition. Loud bang. Very.

 

In my youth I tried wetting the composition and scraping/spooning the composition out. That's how I learned about the sensitivity - when the material dried on my scraper.

Loud bang. Very.

 

Any others know of this toy/firework?

 

I suspect some kind of binder is included in the mixture, and maybe some fillers, but not much.

 

Anyway, homemade fireworks "torpedoes" containing a largish grain of this stuff was, of course, "Very Interesting". Luckily, we can all get wiser.

[budullewraagh]

yeah, lots of binder. almost no KClO3/RP

[kl0x]

Greetings

 

I've been reading a few posts down about separating KClO3/O4 from match heads. i get it all except for this part

 

4. Boil it some more, until the potassium chlorate/perchlorate starts to form

 

i dont get it.

Will the boiling create some big blob of this stuff or what.

 

Thnx

LP Aspirin

 

sorry to revive a dead topic but where is the original post???