Got it!
I would like to preface this post with the disclaimer that I have, indeed, lurked 2 years before posting.
The carbon/hydroxide dry melt reaction is the way to go:
I f*cked up twice:
1) stoichiometry;
Yes I am retarded, thanks for noticing
The ratio of sodium nitrate to carbon is 1:5 w/w
The ratio of sodium nitrate:calcium hydroxide is 1:1 w/w
2) reagents;
Yes you need sodium(NaNO3) NOT POTASSIUM(KNO3)
use calcium hydroxide
Boil charcoal thoroughly! VOCs left over in commercial charcoal will fuck your day up. Dry charcoal isn't a big deal. Just know dry weight for
stoichiometry.
Other things)
Use tin lined cans rather than plastic lined cans. Less stinky and less cyanide.
This reaction kicks off in a steel can at about 400*C
2 minutes with a propane burner.
It works better, is cleaner, and less wasteful if you stir that sh*t.
Keep it under 100g nitrate for a standard steel can.
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