Lithium Exploding with Molten Potassium Chlorate(Homemade)

[07ellida333]

btw there is a much easier way to get potassium chlorate i got mine from a pet shop in the fresh water fish section it came in the form of tablets but you just crush them in a morter its about 98% potassium chlorate

[ztwisterz]

Tht made me jump

[Dunescha]

the test tube held up pretty well

[HazMatLabz]

So did it explode as soon as the kclo3 turned molten or was it molten for a while?

[neddy17]

@HazMatLabz it was molten for about 2 minutes before it finally went, i don't know why it took so long!

[HazMatLabz]

@neddy17 well it could be that the lithium needed to melt or that they simply didn't react but the chlorate exploded.

[antiswattt2]

@HazMatLabz long time no see (:

i think the reason was because it had formed an oxide layer which needed to be broken by becoming molten.. quite a nice bang.. wonder why the glass didnt go bang as well o:

[TheCaptainLulz]

molten pot perm (KMnO3) gives about the same reaction. Nice cannon though.

[neddy17]

@TheCaptainLulz are you sure you can melt potassium permanganate? i thought it just decomposes before you can...

[TheCaptainLulz]

@neddy17 add a drop of water and heat it. Its not technically molten but it will react quickly.

[hkparker]

@neddy17 Not to mention potassium permanganate is KMnO4, not 3... yea it decomposes. anyway haha that was kinda a stupid thing to do, awesome reaction though!!

[jeriellsworth]

Yay!