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%% POTASSIUM CHLORATE %%
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%% A file from: %%
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%% The Poor Man's James Bond! %%
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%% By: Kurt Saxon %%
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%% --==**>>THE REFLEX<<**==-- %%
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Potassium Chlorate:
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One Militant was mixing less than a half ounce of potassium chlorate and a
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small bit of red phosphorous and it exploded, blowing off all the fingers of
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one hand. This taught him three good lessons.
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The first is that potassium chlorate doesn't have to be confined to
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explode. Second, that dry potassium chlorate and red phosphorous detonate
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spontaneously when put together. Third, that potassium chlorate is almost as
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pwerful as TNT.
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Potassium chlorate will also detonate spontaneously, but not immediately,
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with sulfur. It will also detonate spontaneously, and quickly, with black
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antimony sulfide and other sulfides. Consequently, potassium chlorate should
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always be wet when mixed with any sulfur or phosphorous compund.
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Most Militants buy potassium chlorate by the pound from several companies
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and squirrel it away for a rainy day. Once its idiosyncrasies are known it
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becomes a favorite goody indeed.
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Potassium Chlorate from Matches
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Potassium Chlorate can be extracted from common safety matches. The match
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head is composed of about half potassium chlorate and half inert ingredients.
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To get the potassium chlorate out, you first cut off the heads of at least
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a carton of safety matches. Then soak them overnight in a cup of water. Next,
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put them in a blender or rub them through a screen. The idea is to pulp them
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so completely that all the potassium chlorate is dissolved.
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If you have used a screen, the pulp is put back into the water and mixed.
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Then the mess is put into a filter. When the water stops completely through,
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the pulp is squeezed so that all possible liquid falls into the filter and the
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pulp is discarded.
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The water is then poured into a pan or plate and allowed to evaporate.
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The glue and some inert ingredients will be on the pan or plate and the
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potassium chlorate crystals will be on top and can be scraped off easily.
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Chemical Extraction of Potassium Chlorate
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To actually make potassium chlorate, you must start by making chlorine.
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The ingredients you will need are liquid bleach and sodium bisulfate (Sani-
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Flush), both of which are bought at the supermarket.
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The equipment needed is an eight ounce, wide mouth bottle, a one-hole
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cork, glass and rubber tubing, an aquarium aerator from the dime store and a
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tine baking pan and a clear plastic cover.
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A tube sized hole is drilled into each end of the plastic cover. The tube
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from the jar is put through one hole and the aquarium aerator is attached.
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Then the end of another length of tubing is put into the other hole and hung
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out a window to get rid of excess chlorine gas.
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Airplane glue is put around the tubes where they enter the holes to block
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the escape of any gas.
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If you don't have a tight fitting plastic cover you can use some thick,
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clear plastic bought at the dime store. It is held on with a rubber band.
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To begin, you put one part, by weight, of potassium hydroxide in two parts
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of water and mix it until all the crystals are dissolved. Wear rubber gloves
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as potassium hydroxide is wood lye and burns the skin.
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Potassium hydroxide is more expensive than sodium hydroxide, which is the
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lye sold in grocery stores.
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It is best to buy potassium hydroxide from chemical companies advertised
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under "Cleaning Compounds" in the business section of the phone book. Tell
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them you are experimenting with hand soap formulas and want fifty to a hundred
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pounds.
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Potassium Chlorate Maker:
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When the pan of lye is set up, put two inches of bleach in the bottle and
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a teaspoon of Sani-Flush and put in the stopper quickly. You won't be harmed
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bu the little has that will escape during the process but it is unpleasant to
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smell.
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When the bottle stops generating gas, test the lye solution with a piece
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of red litmus paper. If the paper turns blue it means the stuff is not done
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yet. Pour the bleach out and give the bottle another dose. When the red
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litmus paper stays red, that means the lye has been neutralized and the process
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is finished.
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Red and blue litmus paper, for testing acids and alkalies, can be bought
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at the drug store. If you want the best you should ask for pHydrion paper.
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This is superior to litmus paper.
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When the lye has been neutralized the pan is put on the stove and brought
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to a slow boil. Then turn down the fire until there is no turbulence on the
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surface. Let it evaporate this way until a thin layer of crystal forms on the
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surface. Then turn off the fire and let it cool.
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As it cools, four and six-sided, pearly scales will form. After several
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hours, when all crystallization has stopped, collect the crystals and dissolve
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them in their own volume of cold water. Put the solution in a smaller pan and
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repeat the crystallization process. This time you will have pure potassium
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chlorate and any impurities will remain in the solution.
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Potassium Chlorate Maker
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Bleach Aerator
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Sani-Flush
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