SharkWhisperer Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 (edited) Interesting mix of KCLO3 and potassium ascorbate (eventually), that seems to work fine if bound with NC or other polymers. Less sensitive than Armstrong's but still sensitive enough to be set off by a pellet gun. Interesting. Edited July 24, 2023 by SharkWhisperer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richtee Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 (edited) odd mix, eh? Potassium hydroxide? Chlorate and an acid?? Those Mex/Spanish/S Americans... reminds me of the “Hammer Festivals" Edited July 25, 2023 by Richtee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankRizzo Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 (edited) odd mix, eh? Potassium hydroxide? Chlorate and an acid?? Those Mex/Spanish/S Americans... reminds me of the “Hammer Festivals" The solution of potassium hydroxide neutralizes the ascorbic acid into potassium ascorbate (hence "eventually" as SW wrote). I was waiting for Liptakov's usual jump scare explosion as he scraped the material from the pan. Interesting that it doesn't seem to be very friction sensitive. Edited July 25, 2023 by FrankRizzo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkWhisperer Posted July 25, 2023 Author Share Posted July 25, 2023 The solution of potassium hydroxide neutralizes the ascorbic acid into potassium ascorbate (hence "eventually" as SW wrote). I was waiting for Liptakov's usual jump scare explosion as he scraped the material from the pan. Interesting that it doesn't seem to be very friction sensitive.In one of the comments he indicated that it still had a few % of moisture in it when he was scraping and that was sufficient to inhibit friction ignition. Not sure I'd be so carefree with it, though. He also wrote that he was able to store it for several months. I think I'd try out drying a thick slurry in bottle caps for mini-targets before scraping almost-dry comp out of a hot pan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mumbles Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 This reminds me a little bit of yellow powder and golden powder, or a hybrid of the two. https://www.amateurpyro.com/forums/topic/755-yellow-powder/https://www.amateurpyro.com/forums/topic/813-golden-powder/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicroGram Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 (edited) That video scared the heck outa me lol. Then i realized it was a Laboratory of Liptakov video. He knows what he's doing. Never seen a video of his done in Spanish so i was confused. Still, some weird, scary shit IMO! Edited August 4, 2023 by MicroGram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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