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   From: Sm@rt.1   
      
   "Ken S. Tucker"  wrote in   
   news:128bed28-2d81-40c5-a854-dd0bd8b6b39a@f47g2000hsd.googlegroups.com:   
      
   > On Jan 19, 5:55 am, "Dean A. Markley"  wrote:   
   >> Ken S. Tucker wrote:   
   >> > On Jan 18, 5:10 am, Eunometic  wrote:   
   >> >> On Jan 18, 1:23 pm, "Dean A. Markley"    
   >> >> wrote:   
   >> > ...   
   >> >>> Can you provide me with a patent number?  I am curious now.  For   
   >> >>> what its worth, nitrates, chlorates and permanganates do not   
   >> >>> "release" oxygen when they burn.  Its a rather more complex   
   >> >>> oxidation/reduction process that does not directly involve   
   >> >>> molecular oxygen.   
   >>   
   >> >> Basically looks like the chemistry of explosives;  you could use   
   >> >> oxygen in compressed form or as hydrogen peroxide but its a bit   
   >> >> difficult to store.   
   >>   
   >> > Saltpeter (KNO3), is a safe juvenile oxidizer used   
   >> > frequently by rocketry experimentalists, such as,   
   >> >http://sugarshot.org/   
   >>   
   >> > In a molten state it is very dangerous, by combusting   
   >> > any fuel it comes into contact with, if it's hot enough.   
   >> > I/we had a rocketry club as kids in the early 70's, and   
   >> > used that propellant (Sugar-Saltpeter).   
   >> > Regards   
   >> > Ken   
   >>   
   >> I had a chuckle reading that Ken!  I am the kid who at age 9, tried   
   >> to make molten sugar/saltpeter rocket propellant on the kitchen   
   >> stove.  I filled the house with smoke, burned a pan and got a sore   
   >> ass. Dean   
   >   
   > You'd have to be pretty bright to even try that   
   > experiment at age 9. (I was using match heads   
   > and pulling wicks out of firecrackers at that age)   
      
   Wow, you were a geenyus.   
      
      
   Bertie   
      
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