I meant in theory, but yeah I wouldn't use KMnO4 even if I did make flash- which I wouldn't as I have neither the experience or the need for it. But I'd still like to know why my equation isn't balanced properly; and if it is, what about the extra electrons?
Hello all. I am relatively new to pyro, but I am however a first-year chemistry major in college. I can make pretty good BP, but being as I am in college (a.k.a. away from where I can do pyro), I'm mostly working on theory of things I don't plan to do soon, if at all. I read a post on page 3 (I know it's an old post) saying that flash can be made with Potassium Permanganate and Aluminum in the ratio 70:30. Seeing this, I felt the need to check if that was stoichiometricly accurate. I came up with this equation:
2KMnO4 + 2Al > K2O + 2MnO2 + Al2O3
According to this equation, the proper ratio would be about 85.4:14.6. Then I realized that if you add up the valence electrons on each side (like I learned in Chem 101), there are 6 extra electrons on the left. Is my equation wrong? If not, wouldn't the stoichiometric ratio be best?
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