PYRO:Re: Pyro freaks (was Re: TWINKLE, TWINKLE)

Eugene Leitl (Eugene.Leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)
Wed, 25 Dec 1996 00:25:56 +0100 (MET)


On Tue, 24 Dec 1996, Chris Hind wrote:

> >(Being a cautious person, I dislike experiments that are intended to go
> >BOOM. But I'm still proud of my utterly insane magnesium-manganese
> >dioxide-potassium chlorate mixture)

We used magnesium/potassium permanganate back then, before progressing to
ammonia nitrate-containing mixes. We made potassium chlorate from sodium
chlorate by mixing solutions of a commercial defoliant (80% sodium
chlorate) with potassium chloride. We also made aceton peroxide and
nitrogen trijodide &c&c.

> Just changing the subject header. I myself was a pyro freak for awhile.

Who hasn't?

ciao,
'gene