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pyotr filipivich wrote:
> This is the "problem" in a nutshell. Something works well in
> trials, or under certain conditions, but not always. Or not reliably.
> I had a prof who in his youth, had attempted to make "Carmel"
> rocket fuel. Basically a solid booster made of sugar and aluminum
> powder.
Uhhh. Where was the oxidizer? We used to use potassium perchlorate, carefully.
Worked pretty well for smokes.
> He'd never got it right, but he did produce some impressive
> smoke bombs. When a friend asked him to make one for a prank at
> college, he did. And this time, got it right. The entire coffee can
> lit off and produced a massive flare, and burned out very quickly. Too
> bad the can was "aimed" down, or who knows what kind of altitude he's
> have reached. |
