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Pyrotechnic Stoichiometry Calculator
I've written a website that calculates the stoichiometric ratio for a selected combination of fuel and oxidiser:
http://www.hyperdeath.co.uk/pyrocalc/
Please inform me of any bugs or major ommisions.
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I believe you will need xKMnO4 --> xK2O + xMn + xO
For metals like aluminum/magnesium?
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The reaction equation is almost unpredictable when oxidizers like KMnO4 ot NH4ClO4 are presented, along with reductors like sulphur, selenium, Ti...
even Al powder.
For example:
KMnO4 + S = SO2 + MnxOy + K2SO4 +.......
NH4ClO4 + Al = Al2O3 + HCl + AlCl3 + H_AlCl4 + H2O +.....
even
KClO4 + Mg = KCl + MgCl2 + K2O + MgO ........
When logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead...
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Very nice, I am a fish.
I tested it, no bugs found this far.
As someone interested in the art of thermites, I suppose it wouldnt be too much an effort to add a variety of other metal oxides? Or even chlorides,
and sulphates?
I.e. SiO2, Cr2O3, CrO3, V2O5, PbO, PbSO4, BaSO4, MgSO4 etc etc.
A fair bit of additional work but it gives some nice ideas if all those are present. Plus it saves me calculation time next time I attempt one...
Also, it might be interesting to add options such as <+ 20% sulphur, or + 20% glucose, or + 20 % C (where the percentage is adjustable)> - which
is i.e. needed to generate the heat necessary for a Si thermite. Plus, it'd be interesting to see how perfectly balanced oxidiser-fuel systems work
for black powder, for example. More work though, I suppose.
What do you think?
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