Simply&Fast R-Candy

by Erik Wenzel in Outside > Rockets

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Simply&Fast R-Candy

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WARNING MIXING MATERIALS CORRECTLY RESULTS IN HIGHLY EXPLOSIVE AND VOLATILE SUBSTANCE!!!
DO NOT MAKE AROUND OPEN FLAME,
HAVE PARENTAL SUPERVISION IF YOU ARE A CHILD,
PROCEED WITH CREATING SUBSTANCE IN WELL VENTILATED AREA,
TRY TO AVOID INHALATION,
ALWAYS HAVE GOGGLES AND GLOVES ON HAND,
WATCH OUT FOR PAN, WHEN USED IT IS VERY HOT!

Chemicals Needed

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You will need as follows:

1.potassium nitrate (Its chemical formula is KNO3)

2. sucrose (table sugar)

3.corn syrup

supplies are as follows:

-heated pan

-three clean solo cups

-scale

-stirring spoon

-mortar and pestle

Mixing

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First you make sure to have a ratio of 70%-30% KNO3 to sucrose

Grind down the sugar and KNO3 to a very fine powder

Next weigh out 7 grams of corn syrup

Heat pan to 300 degrees

add KNO3, sucrose, and corn syrup at once and start stirring

this process will take about 5mins

Extract

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Use Stirring Spoon to gather together the substance in a clump

Turn heated pan off to let the substance stick together

Scoop up with spoon and put in clear container or a pre-made fuselage

You will have about 90 seconds before substances has fully hardened