Butcher,butcher said:Ammonium nitrate poses danger. In my opinion is normally too dangerous to use.
Calcium nitrate can leave a hard to remove calcium sulfate (gypsum sheetrock in the reaction vessel). too much trouble with your glassware especially if distilling...
Potassium nitrate works very well, but can give minor problems with the crystalization of the potassium sulfate salts which can hold some of your nitric in its crystal structure. this can be overcome by how you allow these crystals to grow or with recrystalization...
Sodium nitrate in my opinion is the best source of nitrate salts, and easiest to work with.
FrugalRefiner said:I would suggest using the ammonium nitrate judiciously to fertilize your garden and find a safer nitrate for your recovery and refining use.
Dave
As I indicated above, I have converted small quantities of ammonium nitrate to sodium nitrate myself in the past, though it's something I no longer need to do.Meta-Torbernite said:just need some amounts and conversion methodology for converting NH2NO3 to KNO3 or NaNO3
Please share, there is no such "rule" that I know of. Just as long as we keep it related to refining and if there's dangers involved, make sure you include warnings.jason_recliner said:Since then, I thought I saw somewhere that posting detail of making own reagents is frowned upon, though I can't find it in the rules now that I look, nor whether such a conversion constitutes "making" reagents.
Therefore if a moderator so approves, I would be happy to share in a new thread the method I have previously used - on the reasoning that GRF peer review would be superior to a YouTube how-to-kill-yourself video. Otherwise I'll be happy to shut my yap on the matter.
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