this won't nitrate anything will it cus that could explode the gun that's why you can't use nitrocellulose smokeless in a muzzle loader it turns it into a grenade

@@Aaron-zu3xn Are you responding to my comment? I didn't mention "nitrating" anything. Olny speaking about the use of the solvent to ensure the potassium nitrate in solution is pushed out of solution(made solid) so it can be press dried in the cloth without losing some part of it with the water being removed. In any case, potassium nitriate by itself wont nitrate anything without sufficient acid to release it's notronium ion from the potassium for use in nitrating something like cellulose.

which is it, alcohol, or acetone? or does it matter?

@@heathwilliams1489 Acetone is best and faster evaporating, but 91% isopropyl will work. Don't use the 70% as it will take a week to fully evaporate without heat.

The only issue with using alcohol or acetone is it will deactivate the dextrin. Dextrin is not soluble in alcohol or acetone

Here in l'il olde England we call it 'corning'. Either way, as our ancestors discovered back in the very early days of gunpowder, merely mixing the ingredients was not great the individual components settling out during transportation. By controlling the grain size we can control the burn rate.

Could you explain in detail how this is more feasible or easier than just making smokeless?

We are talking black powder here,and nitro is a nono in bp weapons

he uses a ball mill later.

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Bingo

750 gr Nitrato de potasio +150 gr carbón de viña o pino de poda de ramas jovenes + 100 gr sulfur + 100 gr dextrin

While the original recipe use 99% alcohol, this is not available in many countries, so you can use acetone instead. The goal of these components is to cool the mix very quickly and also evaporate very quickly.

I'm still confused why you mixed it in water? Isn't black powered just gently mixed into a homogenous powder?

@KiloFeenix it can be dangerous while mixing..but it's safe while wet

I always used 95%-99% isopropyl alcohol. And I certainly wouldn’t be doing this on the kitchen stove. My wife would unalive me

Acetone

750 gr nitrato de potasio +150 gr carbón de madera blanda + 100 gramos sulfur + 100 gramos Dextrina. También puedes omitir mezclar Dextrina con el agua y disolver Red Gum (goma acroides) directamente en 1 litro de alcohol con acetona al 50/ 50

dextrin Purely optional, one guy who makes black powder a LOT is not sold on its use. Your choice.

@@nlight8769 thank you

@@nlight8769it’s just baked corn starch too, it’s super easy to make.

Central Intelligence Agency

In this case it really stands for Uncle Sam's intelligence apparatus.

Acetone boils at something like 66-68c from what I remember.

It depends on the concentration of alcohols or ketones.

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@@charlescouncill as a Humorist it's always good to see someone laugh. Even when I'm not joking, as is the case here. I completely and firmly believe that if you are going to say that you can do something and try to show others how to do it, you should know how to really do it. Especially if it is something along the lines of survival. Without Amazon to supply ingredients then what use is a recipe? To teach requires a mastery of the subject. So knowing what purpose you're making it for, makes a difference between using a hardwood charcoal vs. soft wood charcoal. If you don't know what difference it makes them you really shouldn't be making it in the first place. Why you do something in a certain way instead of another way is important to know and important to teach. The wrong wood charcoal and your not going to get the optimum performance if it even performs. Rockets and explosives need different density wood charcoal to do the job.

I’m too lazy to even think about going to the trouble to round up manure and urine to make one component; that’s why I stockpile. I make my own charcoal; and have a degree in chemistry.

@@charlescouncill round up manure? Brah I make that component the old fashioned way. I avoid anything that requires spending money to get it. When the time comes if you can't source supplies you going to be screwed or calling me Boss while you are working in my kno3 mines! I am fortunate to live on an active volcano and sulfur is not to difficult to come by with a little bit rugged hiking adventure. It would probably be easier to actually source sulfur over on the mainland. I know plenty of places that have sulfur water coming from their well. My degree (one of) is in History and from that I can see a pattern that is occuring and has occurred in the past. Inspired me to learn how to make anything that I will need without having to go to outside sources. Black Powder is one of the minor things considering the other things that I feel are necessary to have. Chemistry degree, maybe you can tell me something about boiling stones. I use broken pieces of Pyrex in my round bottom boiling flask. I'm still having trouble with the bubbles coming in one burst every 30-40 seconds. Tried less then more but it doesn't matter. What the heck is going on and how do I remedy it? My chemistry education comes from Granddads Wonderful Book of Chemistry, if you know anything about the book. Then some comes from that old Cook Book that has such a reputation about it being written by an anarchist. The guy doesn't even understand mol weight so it's just a novelty with some minor ideas that possibly work if you change a few things.

Potassium nitrate is in preserved meat like salami, sulphur is used on grapevines and harmless, and charcoal is in charcoal tablets to calm your stomach. And dextrin is essentially starch. Acetone evaporates quickly, as does alcohol which ypu can drink. What's you ACTUAL point here? Or did you think this was toxic? The only trouble here is using a stove with flames. Should've been electric.