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Colours with Potassium Nitrate?


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#1 firedust2004

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Posted 05 October 2004 - 04:24 PM

I have not been able to find any suppliers of potassium chlorate / perchlorate and that means I am stuck with good old potassium nitrate <_< . The thing is, i am getting bored with just golden and white stars and I was wondering if there are any more colourful star compositions that I can make with Kno3. I know a supplier of barium, strontium and sodium chloride.

#2 Phoenix

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Posted 05 October 2004 - 05:08 PM

Not very easily. This post should tell you why.

However, I have produced a passable lilac/pink colour using KNO3 as an oxidiser and colour imparter. I don?t remember the formula, but it was basically a BP mix bound with shellac.

A good yellow can be produced with sodium nitrate (which is cheap and easily available). See this post for a description.

PS, the three chlorides you mentioned are rarely used, I believe mostly due to problems with hydroscopicity and chloride/chlorate incomptability.

Edited by Phoenix, 05 October 2004 - 05:10 PM.


#3 The_Djinn

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Posted 05 October 2004 - 09:15 PM

I have not been able to find any suppliers of potassium chlorate / perchlorate


You havnt tried very hard then. If you look, it is out there.

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