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Smoke mixture that is a solid without melting?


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Posted 22 October 2006 - 12:01 PM

Hi,

Just wanted to know if there is a certain way of putting a mixture together leaving you with a solid block?

Like if you buy smoke pellets, They come solid but havent been melted, Just like a piece of chalk?

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Posted 22 October 2006 - 07:23 PM

Hi,

Just wanted to know if there is a certain way of putting a mixture together leaving you with a solid block?

Like if you buy smoke pellets, They come solid but havent been melted, Just like a piece of chalk?


Well you could try making stars out of the smoke comp, to do this you would need to add a binder then use a star pump or similar to compact it. Search for threads on star making for a lot of information on this
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Posted 23 October 2006 - 09:24 PM

There are also composite smoke mixtures, similar to how composite rocket motors are created. They are cast. Pressing something like KNO3-Sucrose like a comet would hold it together. The sugar should act as enough of a binder.

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Posted 24 October 2006 - 03:19 PM

oh so just using force to press the mixture into a tube and then heating it slightly?

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Posted 10 November 2006 - 10:19 AM

Warning this mixture just seems to spew out lots and lots of smoke and burns very slowly, took 10minutes to burn out when i tried it, worst mix ever

I used 60 grams of potassium nitrate and 40 grams of dextrin, damn tried to put it out with water wouldn't go out.

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Posted 10 November 2006 - 10:53 AM

40grams of dextrin?!

Try this one, formula and method posted by Regi:
KN03 48
Sucrose (ordinary sugar) 40
Paraffin Wax 25
(1.92/1.6/1)

The wax needs to be ground up, do this by either freezing a paraffin wax candle for a few hours and then grating it, or by melting/freezing/grating paraffin wax pellets if that's all you have.
Then mix it with the sugar and KNO3, best not to mill it, just a mixing bowl will suffice.
Then ram/press it into a tube with a pre-rammed clay bung. It can be tricky to light, but blackmatch and a little loose composition should be fine.
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Posted 10 November 2006 - 12:08 PM

If there are any problems igniting it, about 1% Fe2O3 will help! Tried a very similar mixture once and got way better smoking/igniting characteristics with the iron oxide in it! (with AND without melting the wax before adding the other components)

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