How can potassium chlorate and sugar propel a rocket?
Simply shaking a container of potassium chlorate and sugar can make it explode. Potassium nitrate (KNO3) is the oxidizer of choice for those who make sugar propellants. KNO3 is commonly used with sucrose, dextrose, sorbitol, and a number of other sugars and sugar-alcohols (e.g. sorbitol) to produce viable propellants.
Is it legal to make sugar rockets?
There are many different methods for preparation of a sugar-based rocket propellant. In the United States, rocket candy motors are legal to make, but illegal to transport without a low explosives users permit.
What’s the ratio of chlorate to random fuel?
Usually a mixture of 80 chlorate and 20 random fuel is near the stochiometric ratio. For rockets you probably want to have a ratio somewhat heavy on the fuel side, because the fuel doesn’t combust completely and to keep the burn rate within acceptable limits.
Can You recrystallize potassium rather than sodium chlorate?
If you truly have potassium rather than sodium chlorate, and if the contamination is highly soluble in water (likely if it is a gardening product), then recrystallizing should take it to better than 96% pure, if I were to guess, with loss of only a small amount of the chlorate.
What should I do if I have sodium chlorate?
If you have sodium chlorate, it needs to be converted to potassium chlorate with the use of KCl salt. The next step is recrystallization to purify. If converting sodium to potassium, you can sort of do both in one step. IF IT IS SODIUM CHLORATE plus junk, create a saturated solution of the product.
How much sugar should be used to make KNO3?
First off, sugar to kno3 should be 65 KNO3 to 35 sugar . second where do you get KClO3 cheaper than KNO3?!! I buy KNO3 for 3 euros a jar of 200 grams in a gardening store and KClO3 costs only 15 euros 5 kg ! Thank you for the recipe that you give for KNO3-sugar mixture but these proportions are suitable for rockets?