36 lines
1.4 KiB
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36 lines
1.4 KiB
Plaintext
Making Sodium or Potassium Chlorate
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Ingredients:
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* salt water (ocean water, or just tap water with salt)
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* 2 carbon or lead rods (try hardware or surplus stores)
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* sulfuric acid (I'll bet other acids will work, though, or maybe even
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_no_ acid)
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* DC power supply (motor vehicle alternator, perhaps)
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* glass jar
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* heavy cloth
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* big pan or tray
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* wires
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Procedure:
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* Put the salt water in the jar
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* Add the acid to the water; stir
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* Attach the wires to the DC power supply
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* Attach the other ends of the wires to the carbon rods
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* Put the rods in the water, several inches apart
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* Let the power supply run for about 6hours (doesn't have to be
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continuous)
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* Shut off the power supply; filter the water through the cloth into the
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tray, leaving any sediment in the jar
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* Let the liquid in the tray evaporate; sodium chlorate crystals will
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form in the tray
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BE CAREFUL! The sodium chlorate is sensitive to spark and flame. Instead of
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ordinary table salt (NaCl, or sodium chloride) in the salt water, you can
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substitute No-Salt (KCl, or potassium chloride); this will result in
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potassium chlorate, which is more powerful, but also more sensitive. BE
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CAREFUL! I'm even willing to gamble you might be able to do it without the
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carbon rods, if you can't get those. Again, I haven't done it myself, but
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the Army says it works.
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