psyco_1322 Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Is it possible to extract the strntium nitrate out of flares? If so how? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asilentbob Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 What in flares is water soluble? Ta-Da! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeAdFX Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Its not worth extracting strontium nitrate from flares unless you know for sure what is in their. If there is another highly water soluble compound in their it will be hell to extract the strontium... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psyco_1322 Posted June 20, 2007 Author Share Posted June 20, 2007 Well orions MSDS say its only got strontium nitrate, KClO4, sulfur, and sawdust/oil binder in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itwasntme Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 I tried it. Its contaminated with sulfur and shit. I didnt filter it enough, because i didnt try hard. I did get a few grams, and tried it with some aluminum. couldnt get it to light. Just get it from eBay or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psyco_1322 Posted June 21, 2007 Author Share Posted June 21, 2007 I can buy it no problem but Im just looking for the experience and something to do. < With benifits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormanman Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 I can buy it no problem but Im just looking for the experience and something to do. < With benifits. If extracted it. Its not worth it (mainly b/c at the time I didn't know what to do with it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquarius Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 Is it possible to extract Strontium Nitrate it from a reaction between Strontium Carbonate and Calsium Nitrate? Just wondering, it works with Calsium Nitrate and Kalsium Carbonate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mumbles Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 No it's not. Strontium carbonate is more insoluble than calcium carbonate, so the reaction will not proceed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrohawk Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 I've extracted the Strontium from a few road flares in my time.... Its a pain in the ass and the strontium isn't as pure I'm sure... But it will work and you can use it in stars. I have anyway and they made ok stars. This was how I got the strontium for my first colored stars...and they worked nicely! I used old road flares I found under the seat of an abandoned dump truck on my grandpas farm...truck broke down years ago. So I suppose the newer flares may not work as well....dunno about that. But the ones I had were Strontium, sulfur, and sawdust. Well, as far as I could tell! Just heat a pan of water to boiling temp and pour the contents of the flare in the pot. Stir it and watch it until your sure all the Sr has dissolved. When it has, run it through a coffee filter and get the sulfur and sawdust out. Now it should be just a clear liquid (maybe a bit off color). Just put it on the heat source and set it to a light boil and let it boil away!! When it gets near to have boiled away all the water.....set it in a shallow pan and let it dry itself out. Make sure you get the Sr stuck to the side of the pot! When its all dried out it will be all caky, so youll have to ball mill or caffee grind it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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