Recent content by Letda

yeah, iv been gone a while...sorry. I have to admit I've almost given up. I have been through 2 more glass "pots", and they keep shattering on me...its extremely frusturating. I'll try again in a few more days, [i have to work mornings now...:-(...so]. and If i break another glass i think I...

My experiments are going to be post-poned for today at least, and probably tomorrow due to an unexpected direct assult from the flu virus...lol. but, not to worry, progress will presume soon enough and you'll know all aoubt it.

well, i just wanted to let you know the glass worked wonders and i got exactly what i was looking for but...in the midst of all of my happiness, while cooling off...it shattered. i was so disappointed to say the least. Now i can't find anything anywhere to use that's glass and can go on the...

i just bought some glass bake-ware, hopefuly if i don't heat it up too fast it won't shatter. I mean if all else fails... I have on old coffee pot of my own so i can further follow in the steps of my mentor...lol. you wouldn't happen to have anymore vidoes would you? I'm curiuos to see...

i was using metal, it said stainless steel on the site if i remeber right. i guess ill get glass then. Ill get back to you when i use the glass.

ok, i managed to get KCl pure crystals using the boiling process, but i don't know how the bleach is suppposed to work, i boil and all i get is a bunch of brown and balck crap. no crystals form, I am i boiling to much or not enought or what?

well, my first run was a complete and utter failure...all i got was a bunch of brown and black stuff. I filtered it out, added the KCl and recooked...same thing...and i got no noticable crystals the first time? i guess ill start round two here in a bit...any suggestions?

Thnx,i just bought everything 10 mins ago so ill be testing everything tomorrow, ill let you knogw how things o. thnx for all of the help.

so let me make sure I am understanding this. When you boil the bleach, you get NaClO3 crystals after filtering the liquid, or is the liquide the NaClO3?

I understand this a lot better than before, so thnx. But, where do you get potassium chloride, is that the salt substitute? and is the NaCLO3 worth anything in that form or must the Na be replaced with the K?

I guess I’m kinda of an unusual person, I’m a psychology major with a weird fascination with astrophysiology and aeronomics, so I guess I’m not trying to make "just" fireworks for the 4th of July but I want to use concepts from these basic principles to further my know how in such matters...

hey guys, I am new at all this so don't judge me right away. I'v been researching how to make the potassium chlorate for about a week now w/o actually doing a lab. I'v read everything that had been posted, but I am still a little lost. I was just wondering if one of you could break down the...