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Buying Tertiary alcohol
Anybody knows where I can find some Tertiary alcohol to buy in Europe, relatively small amounts, 10-50 cl is all that is needed.
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http://www.hinmeijer.nl/Search/1.aspx?keyword=tert-butanol
thats 1000ml however. but its a reasonable price. try ebay too
(trying to make K?)
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Indeed I am, trying to make some of my own Potassium Nitrate out of it for fun to use in my rockets, thanks mate, hope it works.
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Uhm, how do you hope to use K to make KNO3? sorry but thats just plain stupid
mix KOH and HNO3 to make KNO3. you only need t-BuOH to make metallic potassium.
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Agreed, the potassium synthesis is fraught with difficulty (some have tried it dozens of times, at 4 hours run time each, with no success), especially
if you goal is a relatively easy to obtain chemical. Like Pyro said, KOH and HNO3 is a good route. I've also used NH4NO3 (from instant cold packs) and
KCl. Also, some types of stump remover are almost entirely KNO3 - check the label and MSDS.
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Quote: Originally posted by Pyro | Uhm, how do you hope to use K to make KNO3? sorry but thats just plain stupid
mix KOH and HNO3 to make KNO3. you only need t-BuOH to make metallic potassium. |
I haven't really looked into that part yet^^ my main goal right now is to make potassium metal, if i am unable to make KNO3 with it i'll just throw it
in a lake and watch the spectacles.
Thanks for the info guys, appreciate it.
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Kewl?
just make KNO3 with the methods suggested above. Making K is difficult, expensive and dangerous.
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Quote: Originally posted by Pyro | Kewl?
just make KNO3 with the methods suggested above. Making K is difficult, expensive and dangerous.
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That's why I want to make it my good sir (:
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