Re: Black powder
- From: LadyKate <ladykate@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:05:53 -0700 (PDT)
On Mar 28, 11:56 pm, tinca...@xxxxxxx wrote:
If I make some BP using air flote charcoal [ball milling 4 hr.] the
stuff turns out nice and black. I didn't like the mess with loading
and weighting out the air flote so I used 80 mesh charcoal. After 4
hr. in the mill, it turned out a gray color. I'm at a lost as why this
is happened. I would think that ball milling would turn the 80 mesh
into air flote and it would end up the same as using air flote in the
first place.
As those who make BP have been saying, the normal color for BP (not
charcoal) after milling is a dark gray. Here is a link to a picture of
a 100 gram batch from a small mill. The half on the left is right out
of the mill. The half on the right is the same batch as the left but
it has been moistened. It will be darker than the stuff on the left
even when it dries.
http://www.wichitabuggywhip.com/fireworks/charcoal15s.jpg
Fargo also mentioned that commercial powders are blackened even more
by a graphite coating.
You are on the right track... Now make it go Foop! when you light it.
You do that by using a reactive charcoal and milling it properly.
Here is an example:
http://www.wichitabuggywhip.com/fireworks/whiteash3a.wmv
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