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%% POTASSIUM CHLORATE %%
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%% The Poor Man's James Bond! %%
%% By: Kurt Saxon %%
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Potassium Chlorate:
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One Militant was mixing less than a half ounce of potassium chlorate and a
small bit of red phosphorous and it exploded, blowing off all the fingers of
one hand. This taught him three good lessons.
The first is that potassium chlorate doesn't have to be confined to
explode. Second, that dry potassium chlorate and red phosphorous detonate
spontaneously when put together. Third, that potassium chlorate is almost as
pwerful as TNT.
Potassium chlorate will also detonate spontaneously, but not immediately,
with sulfur. It will also detonate spontaneously, and quickly, with black
antimony sulfide and other sulfides. Consequently, potassium chlorate should
always be wet when mixed with any sulfur or phosphorous compund.
Most Militants buy potassium chlorate by the pound from several companies
and squirrel it away for a rainy day. Once its idiosyncrasies are known it
becomes a favorite goody indeed.
Potassium Chlorate from Matches
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Potassium Chlorate can be extracted from common safety matches. The match
head is composed of about half potassium chlorate and half inert ingredients.
To get the potassium chlorate out, you first cut off the heads of at least
a carton of safety matches. Then soak them overnight in a cup of water. Next,
put them in a blender or rub them through a screen. The idea is to pulp them
so completely that all the potassium chlorate is dissolved.
If you have used a screen, the pulp is put back into the water and mixed.
Then the mess is put into a filter. When the water stops completely through,
the pulp is squeezed so that all possible liquid falls into the filter and the
pulp is discarded.
The water is then poured into a pan or plate and allowed to evaporate.
The glue and some inert ingredients will be on the pan or plate and the
potassium chlorate crystals will be on top and can be scraped off easily.
Chemical Extraction of Potassium Chlorate
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To actually make potassium chlorate, you must start by making chlorine.
The ingredients you will need are liquid bleach and sodium bisulfate (Sani-
Flush), both of which are bought at the supermarket.
The equipment needed is an eight ounce, wide mouth bottle, a one-hole
cork, glass and rubber tubing, an aquarium aerator from the dime store and a
tine baking pan and a clear plastic cover.
A tube sized hole is drilled into each end of the plastic cover. The tube
from the jar is put through one hole and the aquarium aerator is attached.
Then the end of another length of tubing is put into the other hole and hung
out a window to get rid of excess chlorine gas.
Airplane glue is put around the tubes where they enter the holes to block
the escape of any gas.
If you don't have a tight fitting plastic cover you can use some thick,
clear plastic bought at the dime store. It is held on with a rubber band.
To begin, you put one part, by weight, of potassium hydroxide in two parts
of water and mix it until all the crystals are dissolved. Wear rubber gloves
as potassium hydroxide is wood lye and burns th
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