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KNO3 + Al + other chems: flame color + speed
Again I experimented with KNO3 + Al.

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19-12-2011 at 12:44
by: metalresearcher
Li2CO3 slows down KNO3+Al very strongly
I tried KNO3 + Al powder and that is very quick.
Here a clip which displays its very fast behavior. ...
17-12-2011 at 14:14
by: metalresearcher
Lowest incandescense temperature ?
According to [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draper_point]Wikipedia[/url] this is 525oC. I tested ...
16-12-2011 at 09:02
by: metalresearcher
Growing fluorite crystal for lenses takes a YEAR ??
In this article http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-EF-1200mm-f-5.6-L-USM-Lens-Review.a ...
22-11-2011 at 10:07
by: metalresearcher
Is this silicon ?
I put some particles into hot NaOH solution, but no gas escaped. So it is probably SiC. According to ...
19-11-2011 at 12:55
by: metalresearcher
Is this silicon ?
I heated a little bit of SiO2 sand with powdered charcoal in a stoiciometrcal 5:1 mass ratio (actual ...
19-11-2011 at 11:46
by: metalresearcher
CaC2 + H2O2 30% => BOOM ??
I did not try it (too scared) but I am just curious what you think.
Performing such an experiment i ...
15-11-2011 at 13:10
by: metalresearcher
Li2CO3 + Mg => LiC ??? (I did a try)
Yes it smelled a bit like C2H2. But the bright flames upon contact with water as seen in the vid are ...
15-11-2011 at 13:06
by: metalresearcher
Li2CO3 + Mg => LiC ??? (I did a try)
I put 1g Li2CO3 + 1g Mg powder in a steel retort and heated it to red hot.
After cooling I opened i ...
15-11-2011 at 12:24
by: metalresearcher
Mg powder + Li2CO3 => ?? (I tried it)
Mixing 0.5g Mg powder + 1g Li2CO3 and putting it in a steel retort which I heated to red hot resulte ...
13-11-2011 at 09:14
by: metalresearcher
Which elements do you have in its pure state ?
Nice to read these reactions.

@woelen: Where did you get your samples ? It seems they are from ww ...
3-11-2011 at 10:09
by: metalresearcher
Which elements do you have in its pure state ?
With this question I mean 98+ % unalloyed, so 18ct gold is not considered unmixed 'elemental gold', ...
2-11-2011 at 13:31
by: metalresearcher
Thermite from Sand : make Silicon
Just ordered.
1-11-2011 at 12:41
by: metalresearcher
Thermite from Sand : make Silicon
I found this might be a good and cheap source:

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1-11-2011 at 11:24
by: metalresearcher
Thermite from Sand : make Silicon
According to what I saw yesterday is that the result is incomplete, i.e. not all MnO2 has reacted. M ...
1-11-2011 at 09:54
by: metalresearcher
Thermite from Sand : make Silicon
Here I tried 3.1g MnO2 with 1.2g Al. It ignited with Mg ribbon: KClO3 + sugar wrapped in a cigarette ...
31-10-2011 at 12:15
by: metalresearcher
Thermite from Sand : make Silicon
Next time I drill a hole in the refractory, put the thermite inro it and cover it with a lid with a ...
31-10-2011 at 09:39
by: metalresearcher
Thermite from Sand : make Silicon
In the meantime I already tried the silicon thermite successfully just a small amount (3 grams) in t ...
30-10-2011 at 13:34
by: metalresearcher
Thermite from Sand : make Silicon
I found this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73YmP_JSrlU on which the guy showed fine sand (SiO ...
30-10-2011 at 10:14
by: metalresearcher
How are extremely high temperatues measured ?
[rquote=225907&tid=17862&author=froot]Off topic but, how would you contain boiling Osmium, I ...
27-10-2011 at 23:38
by: metalresearcher
Why no nuclear batteries in cell phones ?
The current generation of batteries in cell phones cannot keep up with the consumption of the smartp ...
26-10-2011 at 09:52
by: metalresearcher
Isotope distribution of Ar: no K-40 in the Sun ?
On Earth, most argom is argon 40 as a decay product from K-40. But on the Sun the most abundant isot ...
26-10-2011 at 09:05
by: metalresearcher
How are extremely high temperatues measured ?
Looking at boiling point data of Osmium (5027oC), iridium (4827oC) or other even lower boiling trans ...
26-10-2011 at 09:02
by: metalresearcher
Burning speed of KNO3
I did it now with Al powder (600 mesh from ebay)

2 KNO3 + 4 Al + S -> 2 Al2O3 _ K2S + N2

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20-10-2011 at 11:56
by: metalresearcher
Suitable material for holding a plasma
What about an electric arc furnace using a welder from the hardware shop around the corner ? You wil ...
19-10-2011 at 08:51
by: metalresearcher
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