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2.2 KiB
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75 lines
2.2 KiB
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How to make Potassium Nitrate by The Jolly Roger
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Potassium Nitrate is an ingredient in making fuses, among other
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things. Here is how you make it:
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Materials needed:
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-3.5 gallons of nitrate bearing earth or other material
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-1/2 cup of wood ashes
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-Bucket or other similar container about 4-5 gallons in volume
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-2 pieces of finely woven cloth, each a bit bigger than the
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bottom of the bucket
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-Shallow dish or pan at least as large in diameter as the bucket
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-Shallow, heat resistant container
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-2 gallons of water
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-Something to punch holes in the bottom of the bucket
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-1 gallon of any type of alcohol
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-A heat source
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-Paper & tape
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Procedure:
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- Punch holes on the inside bottom of the bucket, so that the
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metal is"puckered" outward from the bottom
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- Spread cloth over the holes from the bottom
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- Place wood ashes on the cloth. Spread it out so that it covers
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the entire cloth and has about the same thickness.
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- Place 2nd cloth on top of the wood ashes
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- Place the dirt or other material in the bucket
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- Place the bucket over the shallow container. NOTE: It may need
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support on the bottom so that the holes on the bottom are not
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blocked.
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- Boil water and pour it over the earth very slowly. Do NOT pour
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it all at once, as this will clog the filter on the bottom.
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- Allow water to run through holes into the shallow dish on the
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bottom.
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- Be sure that the water goes through ALL of the earth!
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- Allow water in dish to cool for an hour or so
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- Carefully drain the liquid in the dish away, and discard the
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sludge in the bottom
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- Boil this liquid over a fire for at least two hours. Small
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grains of salt will form - scoop these out with the paper as they
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form
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- When the liquid has boiled down to 1/2 its original volume let
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it sit
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- After 1/2 hour, add equal volume of the alcohol; when this
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mixture is poured through paper, small white crystals appear. This
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is the posassium nitrate.
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Purification:
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- Redissolve crystals in small amount of boiling water
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- Remove any crystals that appear
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- Pour through improvised filter then heat concentrated solution
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to dryness.
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- Spread out crystals and allow to dry
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