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