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Making
Potassium Chlorate and Perchlorate
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To begin making
potassium (per)chlorate it is very, very important to first understand
the risks and dangers of this very volatile, and in some cases
explosive chemical:
Safety.
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Starting Materials: although you will
need some simple tools to construct the chlorate cell the following is
a list of the basic essentials.
- Anode Material
- Cathode Material
- Potassium Chloride
- Chemical resistant container with tight
fitting lid
- Power Source (preferably 3-5 volts with
2-3 amps)
Anode
Material: The Anode is the rod connected to the positive
(+) connection.
- Graphite:
If you choose to make a simple chlorate cell and don't mind some
filtering the best and most affordable choice would be Graphite.
Graphite is easy to find and very cheap, but as mentioned before you
will need to filter the liquid from the chlorate cell after running it
because the graphite erodes very slowly into the cell liquor making a
suspension of very fine Graphite particles contaminating the cell.
Large Graphite rods can easily be taken out of dry cell lantern
batteries.
Graphite Rod Anode
- Platinum:
Platinum is the absolute best for producing chlorates and perchlorates
because it never erodes (well technically it does but is so minimum
that it is not at all significant). Since Platinum does not erode into
the cell liquor there is no need for filtering the solution afterwards
which saves some extra time. Platinum can be used in wire, foil, or rod
form.
Typical Pt Wire Anode
- Lead
Dioxide: Lead dioxide is almost ideal for perchlorate
production but does not work well in chlorate production. Lead Dioxide
anodes are also very hard to come by and most people choose to make
their own using Lead Dioxide taken from car batteries and mixing the
powder with epoxy and rolling it into a small bar to form an
anode.
Lead Dioxide Powder
Stainless Steel Cathodes
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UNDER CONSTRUCTION
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