M. Thiokol
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Poor Man's Tannerite
AN is very hard to find (impossible) in the local hardware stores and on the net it is in small amounts only. Can I find a substitute for the an/al
mixture that I can find at Home Depot etc...?
Thanks in advance
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hissingnoise
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It's a fertiliser---try farm-suppliers: it comes prilled with CaCO3 where I am.
The carbonate is easily removed and it works out very cheap. . .
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You could always make it from ammonium sulfate and potassium nitrate.
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Are you sure kclo4; I would've thought AN is too soluble relative to KNO3 for that to work?
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Calcium nitrate + ammonium sulfate works. The fertilizer grade product has a good percentage of ammonium nitrate to begin with though, as it is sold
as double salt (I believe this is less hygroscopic); so factor this into your stoichiometry. You could alternatively do a quick gravametric analysis
of precipitated calcium carbonate with sodium carbonate (for example) to establish the amount of ammonium sulfate needed.
"Titanium tetrachloride…You sly temptress." --Walter Bishop
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