How to Make Potassium Nitrate

[roman9900354345345]

lol you can make KCL yourself if you burn flash powder

[TheCombatarmshero]

You know there is another way of making it, this way is an ancient way but still works, put stale urine in a jar with straw, wait a coupl months then filter the straw through water, take that water and filter it through wood ash, then dry the solution, I'm not gonna explain all the science though

[nicholasdoran]

let it sit out in the sun, perhaps? that might work...

[coolstulf]

you need to make a deskator bag with amona nitrate sub scribe and ill sho you how to make one bro

[ambrose899]

Simple displacement reaction~?

[zaymaniac]

bro two words (desecator bag)

[MsCandyko]

boil it

[MultiNerfaddict]

can ordinary salt can be used

[Ryuuken24]

The reason it was still mushy, is because, you need to have it dry out with normal room temperature, that means, don't put a cap on it, the water in the mixture will vaporize at room temperature. Guess it's too late now, ain't it, 2012 :D

[boondox300]

what is an anti-kicking agent and how to i find out if my ammonium nitrate has it?

[freddierice]

Oh I love stuff that goes boom :). luckily, this stuff isn't going to blow up without a spark, so you can leave it in the sun to dry. be patient :)

[MrSuperswag2011]

All you have to do is crush the crystals with something hard

[DJFamou5]

1:43 what happend there? The NoSalt maybe?

[opaldragonmb]

anyone else not wanting amonium gas in there face

[AHW214]

@opaldragonmb I don't believe any ammonia (NH3) gas is produced in this reaction:

NH4NO3 + KCl = KNO3 + NH4Cl

[opaldragonmb]

@AHW214 sorry my confusion but im pretty sure you are left with ammonium chloride witch can be used in pyro technecs



[Agedjbadman]

does the salt have to have no sodium

[MrGunMan2000]

Try freezing it and cruising it when it is frozen with a razor

Or try to evaporate all the water with a pan on the stove

[TheCannibalector]

Nice, the new sid the science kid. Your smart, kid.

[jedinight357]

You go kid.... :-)

[StuntTorino]

NurdRage ;)

[neodymiumpain]

You can use a desecator bag to entirely dry the kno3. just get a large ziploc bag and fill a container with sodium hydroxide or some drying agent. Then put both of the containers in the in the bag and wait for about a week. Then scrape it out and then you have dry potassium nitrate.

[mikailzify]

kid sounds 10 years old but nice video

[sirpwnsamin]

Leave the crystals in a coffee filter to dry then crush them to get a powder

[T5OTW]

Ions don't dissolve they flow silly goooooooooooose

[TheZarolis]

why don't just disolve it in water thats allready hot and leave it to cool. i think that'd be way more eficient.

[spotlightman1234]

@TheZarolis Because even if you used boiling water the dissolving NH4NO3 would lower the temp too low for all of the KCl to dissolve.

[shigalbigal]

Uhm why would you need to make it yourself.

You can buy it at garden supply stores, much more easier that way.

[Kemusika]

I'm not sure if i can find any sodium free salt in my country here.. How pure the salt has to be? I mean how many percent of the salt has to be KCL?

[MrOlekul]

the coldpacks that i by in my country are grey...wil it work then? o.O?

[MrMicha345]

dude nice vid do u wanna be a scientist

[MstrKordell]

well if your going to spend the money on the chemicals for this you could just buy say 99% Salt peter or as most know stump remover its probably about as close as you can get it or you could go the old fashion way with distilled cow urine and cow fecies

[kevinzurrin]

FYI the best way to dry the slush is under a warm not hot light, I use a 100 w equiv CFL in a 2 cubic foot box. It takes a few hours. If you use too much heat it turns into slush.

[PureDSawesomeness]

err, can't dissolve ions bro, you heat them up so they become more active and the reaction will take place faster. and 'warm' water would work nowhere near aswell as hot water at around 60 degrees centigrade.

[SexyMevy16]

@0:47 "cue the benny hill theme!!!!"

[nash09274508326]

ehh.... i thought he would make the potassium nitrate powder cuzz the tittle say's how to make a potassium nitrate

[theliberator1]

@nash09274508326 this is potassium nitrate. in crystal form. when it's completely dry you can grind it up for powder.

if you can't figure that out, i doubt that you have the intelligence necessary to experiment with these materials. tell me if you have all your fingers after you try playing with this!

[electricjig]

how long do i leave it in an ice bath for ?

[SargentLimpDick]

Which is single displacement right?

[HELLZONE7745]

isnt potassium nitrate stump remover?? just go get some of that

[snakev10v5]

@nawhz its a good vid so shut up

[SuperJstern]

The KNO3 has water molecule suspended in it, which is a hydrate you have KNO3 Hydrate. To remove the water apply heat, but be careful when you do. This should make it a powder. I would like to know your results.

[gabrielmatteus1]

just put it on two sheets of paper a let it dry for 24 hours

[de0509]

haha does this even need gloves? but thats ok keep doing things the safest way possible because we dont know a lot of things. so always be safe. but to tell the truth when im at the lab at college i cant stand the feel of being in a latex glove haha

and btw, whenever you see 'crystals' again, remember its just hydrated. to make it anhydrous just heat them up. if you cant stand to wait for the sun, just use an oven. and prepare a mortar and pestle because they may get chunky. but still faster

[Prostheticlamb]

@nawhz get a life, then post comments.

[Smilezofdoom]

Holy shit thats impresive!!!

[clone808808]

BALL MILL THE POTASIUM NITRATE!

[alexajpv]

Damn that kid is smart

[fullthrottlequad]

good job. i hope you have all 8 fingers an two thumbs when u have kids. obtw, dont think u can mix volume w/ weight or vsa versa

[etwangboy]

how can you dry it quick?

[Shakti3o0o]

Thank you metric system.

[rcretard43]

just boil it with the watter in it and yuor left with pure putasium nitrate

[Infantrymanmarine]

And we keep wondering why highschools are getting blown up by kids nowadays. Hell alot of information has leaked, you useda could never get ahold of this information when i was growing up.

[deyvid139]

heat it up until the water is removed

[deyvid139]

To make it on pouder heat it up until the water is removed

[deyvid139]

to make it on pouder heat it up until the water is removed

[gkseedhar]

@RJDGGG86 ...'cuz there are future scientist here...m 12 and m making a spaceship

[Kingisland32]

@gkseedhar like you're ever going to get to the moon

[clayton3610]

where did u get instant cold pack plz REPLY

[AHW214]

@clayton3610

I think I got it at CVS or Walgreens.

[XxRedDOTSnipexX]

put ur kno3 crystals in a coffee grinder or a ball mill until it becomes a fine powder. Thats the way i do it and it works fine

[pwned232]

Heat it in an oven 250 degrees 1 hour hope that helps

[summerfest1mike]

Also is there any other way to dry out the kno3 faster like maybe 10 hours?????

[summerfest1mike]

how long do u set it to make it cold?? and how do u make it dry?

[mechwarreir2]

im going to dislike this because you didn't mention on HOW you dried it. You just put a stupid annotation saying you figured out how to dry it, but you didn't explain to those who didn't know how to dry it either.

[AHW214]

@mechwarreir2 I dried it by leaving it outside in the sun for a few hours and letting the water evaporate.

[K0OO0L]

bake at 200 degrees fareinhait for 1 hour!!!!!!!

[4589wallace]

After you let you crude kno3 dry out, crush it as best you can, and mix it with half its volume in c12h22o11 (sugar), and then crush till the mixture is a powder. BE CAREFUL. Good luck.

[awent0428]

im a ten year old chemist and im a little dangerous. but i mess with those chemicals. im sorry to brag!

[98JMA]

@awent0428

If you really are that young, then you should probably have an adult watch you and make sure you don't do anything *stupid*.

[TheLastAfrican]

lil chemist i respect u bro

how old were u at this time? like 10? thats smart bro.

[sparta435]

Its because there's still water in it from when you dumped it out just put it in a pot and heatit on low until it looks dry or put it out in the sun and leave the cap off

[tomgibson605]

A ten year old messing around with those chemicals im laughing my ass off good luck kid

[thawdani]

haha, i already did this at home and made crude black powder :)

[loopy978]

what is 37 grams in tea spoons?

[AHW214]

@loopy978 7.4 teaspoons.



[orangegold1]

@AHW214 Nooooooooooooooooo, 37/4.2 = 8.80952381 teaspoons..

[AHW214]

@orangegold1

I got around 3.8 teaspoons by dividing 37 by the density of potassium chloride then dividing by mils in a teaspoon.

[AHW214]

@loopy978 Sorry, I did further calculations and I think it's around 3.8 teaspoons.

[smeagle9999]

um..... isn't it more expensive to make than just buy?.... I just got stump remover and it works good enough

[thawdani]

@smeagle9999 banned in Canada

[WhiteTrashSingers]

Why make potassium nitrate out of some perfectly good ammonium nitrate :(.

[nikolaay98]

AHW 214 you will be excellent chemist

[arcobalenicchio]

how long to stay in the fridge

[pyro5445]

HAHAHAHAHA HA HA HAHAHA HA HA..... HA

[Dem0D1ck]

Nice vid. Hope you do a follow up when you figure out how to convert it to a powder.

[AHW214]

@Dem0D1ck

I already know how to make it a powder, let it dry in the sun for a couple days and then crush it. I should've posted that as an annotation as I'm getting so many suggestions for something I accomplished 2 years ago.

[AHW214]

@AHW214 1 year, sorry.

[Dem0D1ck]

@AHW214 Maybe you should have. You said at the end of your vid that it turned out to be a slush, that was the impetus for my comment. I wasn't trying to criticize you or make fun of you. Sorry if you were offended, will delete your vid from my favorites list. BTW, you forgot to run the mixture through a filter as NurdRage did. Best wishes.

[AHW214]

@Dem0D1ck

I added an annotation to the end of the video saying I now know how to dry it. Sorry for the inconvenience.

[iamrandom837]

If you want to make it a powder, put it in a desicator bag. It dries the heck out of the KNO3. I did this for drying Ammonium nitrate in another experiment.

I hope this helps!

[iamrandom837]

Thats cool!

Also, I find that really smart that instead of heating it up, you just used warm water (hot water).

Good job kid!

[N2ikola]

Ohhh... no. Don't worry about your voice, its great that you are interested in chemistry at your age. You have or will have more understanding of world then 70% of earth's population.

[AHW214]

No more comments about my voice please, this was 2 years ago and trust me my voice is much deeper. Puberty can do a lot to your voice and your, um, never mind.

[AHW214]

@AHW214

Actually, 1 year ago.

[drdomen]

Can I use normal sea salt with iodine?

[AHW214]

@drdomen

To produce potassium nitrate, you can't as sea salt is mainly sodium chloride, not potassium chloride that I used in this video. You'll have to buy potassium chloride, look for No Salt.

[whiterifles]

if you set it out for about two days it will dry into powder

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[whiterifles]

if you set it out for about two days it will dry into powder

[98JMA]

Place your sample in a plastig bag next to an open container of NaOH or CaCl2, and leave it for about a week. Their hygroscopic nature, that is, they absorb water from the air, causes them to literally dry the air in the bag thus drying yor product. (See NurdRage's 'Dessicator Bag'

[phoenixflames44]

You made a mistake around 1:15. Just because it is white does not mean there are no caking agents in the solution. In fact, if the agents were absent entirely, the solution would be clear. I believe it was these impurities that give you the "slush" properties evident in your final product. If this is not the problem, you might try heating the crystals to boil off any unknowns, then recrystallizing to purify.

[AHW214]

@phoenixflames44

I got that idea from nurdrage, in his video he said if your NH4NO3 is colored like mine, it contains an anti-caking agent so filer it. I know the anti-caking agent can be white, but it probably wouldn't contaminate the KNO3 as it float on top of the water while the water is decanted.

[bulichi]

Do you have a recipe for stuffed grape leaves ? Good voice though.

[00Zerm]

I use a toaster oven when drying my chemicals. Picked it up at a yardsale for $3. It has a thermostat which isn't exactly accurate but it gets you in the ball park. When using an oven to dry, always be aware of the decomposition temperatures of your reagents. Even if what you are working with isn't flammable, it could still release toxic gasses or breakdown into an undesirable product. Also, never leave potentially flammable chemicals in a drying oven unattended.

[halfway2hell]

@00Zerm at what temp do you dry the chems if you dont mind me asking?

[BBGOTSKILLZ]

how warm was the water like almost boiling or just hot or warn

[AHW214]

@BBGOTSKILLZ

Boiling would be fine, but I could've burn't myself so it was just below boiling.

[tybo09]

What was the method you found to dry your KNO3?

[AHW214]

@tybo09

Just letting it sit outside and under a lamp for a while.

[Freezyboom]

Does it Work with normal Salt, because

I would like to get sodium nitrate?

[AHW214]

@Freezyboom

I'm pretty sure you would get sodium nitrate , but since it's more soluble than potassium nitrate, the cooling method to extract it shown in this video would not work.

[0pTiCvSc0pe]

@Freezyboom hey it wouldnt work with sodium nitrate, i once thought the same thing, but through trial and error found it to not work. to get sodium nitrate you need a few different ingredients.

[TheAclark109]

@Freezyboom

NO it doesn't work with salt. use baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) and amonium nitrate. double replacement reaction (switching the ions) by boiling will both make sodium nitrate and amonium bicarbonate. the ammonium bicarbonate will stick to the water when it evaporates. so boiling it dry will give you sodium nitrate...yet

if you have bleach, along with this potassium chloride that's easy to get, i suggest making potassium chlorate, but chlorates are more dangerous. KNO3isweak

[Gravity324]

i cant get it to dry it is just a slush for me

[BoomerangNebula]

my guess is since your skipping the step of heating it and using a warm water bath instead, you're not going to get the purest KNO3. You can also try to take the crystals and wash them with some distilled water, recrystallize and filter. Then to make sure it aint slushy, dry it thoroughly. Again, this is just my guess.

[themakingofstuff]

umm im curious of where the hell are your parents when you did this!

[makingtechnology]

@themakingofstuff i agree!!!!

[AlChemicalLife]

@themakingofstuff that was kinda weird question

[thawdani]

@themakingofstuff oh shut up, out of all the possible experiments this is the least dangerous.

[TheGermanPyro]

@themakingofstuff Not all children are irresponsible.

[tttmmmnnnttt]

easier way and more dangerous way to create KNO3 is:

put Potassium(K) into Nitric Acid(HNO3) do it carefully, cause potassium is very reactive and it may explode!

and when the Potassium is dissolved, it forms a salt, evaporate away the liquid, and you will remain with a wet powder, let the wet powder dry, and THERE YOU GO, you have your Potassium Nitrate!

[AHW214]

@tttmmmnnnttt

also a lot more expensive.

[tttmmmnnnttt]

@AHW214

i know, but i rather do that, cause you will get better results!

[dominic14061995]

@tttmmmnnnttt It's cheaper and less dangerous to titrate potassium hydroxide and nitric acid I think. And it isn't than hard if you have a ph meter.

[sniper275]

@tttmmmnnnttt wtf u cnt get potasium pure by its self dey only have it in those high tech chemical labs and even den u would have to keep it with oher chemicals because its reactive with the air

[spotlightman1234]

just made 350 grams of sodium nitrate and loving it

[McCrackenJonny]

Put In Shallow Dish And Set In Sun Evaporate All Water

[tgymartin]

To make into a powder, heat in a pan until it starts sizzling, then move away until it stops. Then repeat while stirring and scraping the KNO3 which sticks to the bottom until it dehydrates. Do not heat continuously heat or it will decompose! Good luck!

[RTRVII]

this is what rocks about chemistry.

[originallobster]

thank you

[SlugSwaggaObi]

Terrorism at its youngest form... there getting smarter people

[tybo09]

@SlugSwaggaObi I hear they already know the difference between "there", "their", and "they're".

[link0099]

you do know that you dont "dissolve the ions" persay, but break the bonds holding the moecules together. im just picky and i probably sound like a twat. anyway keep up with your science ! =D

[AHW214]

@link0099 I should of said dissociate the ions.

[RTRVII]

@link0099 thanks for keeping the science here.

[toothpick93]

you can also put it in a dessicator bag (look at the video NurdRage done to find out how to make it).. this should easly help you dry it untill its dry enough to crush, i used to dor my Sodium Nitrate and it dryed in a week

[spyd3rsw3b]

let the crystals dry.. then hit it with a mortar/pestle

[blizzard249]

you should become a science teacher

[AHW214]

@blizzard249

Maybe in ten years. I'm only a kid.



[Digadogup]

@blizzard249 credit to nerd rage :>

[MrTuffguy21]

i bought my nosalt at king kullen

[cloudcally]

I know how to solve ur problem, when i made this I let it dry under a heat lamp or a lamp and at the same time dry it with a hair dryer and let it dry on 5 sheets of paper and then let it dry for five mins and then transfer it to 3 sheets of paper and then after 5 mins transfer it to 1 sheet and mix it up before and after each sheet then make sure it's dry and then crush it up. I know long sentence im lazy.

[panzuman]

when you percipitate it out of solution just take it out side and put it on wax paper not AL FOIL! let it sit in the sun and it will dry out i do this all of the time for my pyrotechnic compositions

[theonlynameicanget]

yo if you let the crystals dry up you can crush them into a powder and what store did you buy the NoSalt

[AHW214]

@theonlynameicanget

I bought it at tom thumb

[theonlynameicanget]

@AHW214 i dont know where that is so anywhere else

[cloudcally]

@theonlynameicanget i bought my nosalt at meijers



[bluepainter1000]

how to make potassium nitrate wtf ooooh i try to make potassium and i hell the mix in potassium how can i get potassium to make potassium 

think

[AHW214]

@bluepainter1000

Uhhh....

[123samic]

@bluepainter1000 what did you say

[DJ84u]

instead of freezing get a fusehood and microwave the dissolved substances until a fine powder along with the crystalites at the top.

keep doin whacha doin sincerly julian etheridge

[snacksonboard]

u wanted to know how to turn the potasium nitrate mush into power

answer=evapourate off the rest or the liquid in the mush.

The problem is that there is still liquid mixed in with the cristols.

boil off the rest of the liquid.

[TheChemlife]

i used a buchner funnel and a vacum flask/pump and mine was dry within minutes. also boiling water doesn't dissolve it all. i needed twenty minutes on a hot plate for all the salt to dissolve.

[AHW214]

@TheChemlife

I didn't put that much effort into dissolving the KCl and NH4NO3. I just wanted to make some KNO3 quickly.

[TheChemlife]

well i would suggest learning to be paciant with chemistry because the more advanced stuff can get tedious so trying to just get things done isn't a good idea.

[AHW214]

@TheChemlife

Yeah, lots of people call me impatient.

[tuipale]

to make it into a powder you need to DRY it. when it looks dry but nitrates "stores" alot water so to dry it you need time or oven with +50ºC for 1-5 hours. and after u take it out from freezer its recommended to filter it and boil it again with some water and keep doing the process like 3 times to get purer stuff.

[Scarx2gt]

lol no sodium or all pottasium... if it was all pottasium it will be highly reactive 2 water...

[roboticmehdi]

hello AHW214. the problem is that the ammonium chloride is 10 times less soluble in water at room temperature. ( look at wikipedia NH4CL, KNO3 ). so the crystals that you got are ammonium chloride. even if you dry it it will not burn with sugar. so you cant get kno3 with this method. use KOH(potassium hydroxide) instead as NurdRage did. have fun.

[AHW214]

@roboticmehdi

NurdRage has another video saying how to make KNO3 with KCl and NH4NO3.

I was trying his method in this video.

[roboticmehdi]

@AHW214 ok sorry i was wrong about solubility. potassium nitrate is actually less soluble than ammonium chloride. i found that video. so,.......maybe you should try hair dryer to evaporate all water away.

[djmilo2]

@AHW214 try drting the crystals in sunlight or sumink

[TheHappyShack]

you've got to add about 20grams more KCL and mix it more thourally then heat it for longer.

[EliteCuber1]

to make it into a powder add sugar

[donniesview]

same thing happend to me you just need to let it dry man it blows cause it takes like days and you can maybe do it on the stove i suggest lowest heat i tried it would have worked but i stopped

[starshock01]

he copied nurdrage, completely copied

[AHW214]

@starshock01

I was seeing if his method worked. I give him full credit to the experiment I was just trying it out.

[starshock01]

@AHW214 lol kk then you...gave support to nurdrages experiment lol

[blidderbla]

@AHW214 As someone els wrote. Try a dessiacatorbag, Nurdrage has a video on that to :)

[slowman1996]

just heat it:)

[123samic]

im 7scientists

[7scientists]

you could put it in a desacator bag

[HaydenPK]

why has this not got more views it deserves more