Slight addition here, the sulphur also acts as an stabalizer as in south africa they used to have a version of it called "biskruit" which was very unstable because they did not have sulphur in it.
Standard practice in a traditional gunpowder factory involved adding water during the milling process. It was obviously a very important part of the industrial process, because workers had to add water throughout their shift and were provided with one legged stools so that if they fell asleep they would fall over and wake up.
look for fertilizer additives or saltpeter (water softener, meat tenderizer, drain cleaner, etc.)... potassium nitrate is a saltpeter (but not the only nitrate called saltpeter)... Just giving some suggestions to point you in the right direction to finding sufficiently pure potassium nitrate. You may need to experiment to find your purest source. The recipe for black powder is nearly the same as the recipe for "rocket candy" the homeade fuel for toy rockets... if you have a rocketry club or amateur rocket club (those are not the same thing) in New Zealand, they could probably point you in the right direction. Best of luck mate.
I am glad I can buy both sulfur and nitrate 99% pure in my country 😂 Also I have done with my friends gunpowder in mortar and pestle that burns fast as hell... We mixed everything in water, grinded it couple of times and granulated it with pure alkohole 😅
I'm not 100% sure, but I want to say that you can use a gasifier to catch the wood-gas and make the charcoal. I would have to double check my books to make sure.
If I have understood this correctly, a gasifier is something that lets the fuel burn with very little oxygen, in order to produce CO (carbon monoxide). If you want to make charcoal, you want to heat it up with NO access to oxygen. If that is possible to do in a gasifier, then it should work quite well, yes.
I am pretty sure if you use glass balls, they will chip and break, and you will have a lot of glass mixed into your black powder. So I wouldn't recommend it. I think the best option is to use brass balls. Since brass doesn't make sparks.
I know you can use sodium nitrate. But that is more hydroscopic. And it burns slower. My guess is that ammonium nitrate will also burn slower. So it would be less useful for firearms, but could possibly work well for fireworks.
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I would say it would work better if you use sugar for the charcoal, and still add the KNO. Just because both are white crystals, doesn't mean they have the same properties.
Instead of trying to keep everything super dry, you can actually add water to it while milling it, which also allows you to use more easily accessible steel balls to do it. Then all you need to do is spread it out on a cookie sheet or similar and let it air-dry in the sun or similar. I can't quite remember what this technique is called, but it was one of the great improvements in black powder technology as regular black powder has a tendency to separate into its constituent layers if left for too long, but by wet-mixing and then drying this issue was completely eliminated.
It's called corning. The usual process it to dampen the powder, then compress into large hard chunks. After it dries, it's then ground fairly coarsely and sifted into different grain sizes for different purposes
Yes, corning (name actually comes from a brining method for cured meats like corned beef). Pressing the slurry through different mesh sizes gives different burn rates and your powder rating, eg ffg, fffg etc.
HI, I was making black powder about 50 years ago, my stuff wasn't very reactive until I read that Dupont used willow charcoal and added the mix that you described into wooden barrels with water and round stones and milled for a week (much safer with distilled water or alcohol), alcohol and water will stabilize most oxidizers allowing them to be mixed safely while in suspension. I liked alcohol because it dried faster. then spread the mix on a sheet to dry in the sun. It becomes very reactive then to the point of being percussive. Rember mom says don't blow yourself up! Rich
I believe it is more about getting the KNO properly mixed into the charcoal and sulphur. If it was only about surface area, then you could have done the milling before the mixing.
@@Tjalve70 I’d definitely say that the homogenous nature of the powder after milling would increase reaction rate, but I’d also say that by grinding it down further with the mill (increasing the surface area) the reaction rate is greatly increased as more molecules are exposed to react with.
@@SpasticSpelunker Of course grinding it down further would increase the reaction rate. But as I said, if that was the only (or the main) reason, then the milling could have been done before the mixing, and thus reduce the risk of an explosion while milling the mixture.
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When I was a kid about 50 years ago, we used to make it using regular white sugar for carbon and just a match head to supply the sulpher. Never thought of trying to mill it. The reaction appeared to be similar to what you show in the video of the unmilled mixture.
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I tried making the charcole on on a gas camping stove in a coke can (bad idea), the can melted and dripped onto the stove, burnt through the plastic to the gas canister and it blew up. Me and my friend watched in awe as the fire ball and shrapnel came flying towards us ( we were about 1 meter from it) but we had enough time to hide behind the stairs, then my mum came and asked us wtf just happened in an angry tone, but at least we were wearing our safety glasses.
As long as it is KNO3, with no additives, it should perfectly fine. I'm guessing the only difference is grain size. And as he said, you need to mill it to reduce the grain size. Or dissolve it in water, if you want to go to wet method.
Please don’t store black powder in glass jars… Otherwise good walk through of the process. As far as drying chemicals, fresh made charcoal should be dry (just use it right away or store in a ziplock with desiccants). But your KNO3 might have some water you can drive out. Just put a thin layer on a cookie sheet in the oven at about 250degF for at least an hour to drive off excess moisture. This is not hot enough to decompose it, and because it doesn’t have any fuel it’s not a fire hazard. This step can also be done in bulk, when done let it cool, then put in a ziplock squeeze all the air out, and put that inside of a plastic sealable container (glad ware or similar).
I had the exact same thought as you, when it comes to the glass jar. I would have used an empty paint tin, or something like that. Something that can expand, deform, and have the lid pop off before the pressure gets too high.
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Slight addition here, the sulphur also acts as an stabalizer as in south africa they used to have a version of it called "biskruit" which was very unstable because they did not have sulphur in it.
Standard practice in a traditional gunpowder factory involved adding water during the milling process. It was obviously a very important part of the industrial process, because workers had to add water throughout their shift and were provided with one legged stools so that if they fell asleep they would fall over and wake up.
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look for fertilizer additives or saltpeter (water softener, meat tenderizer, drain cleaner, etc.)... potassium nitrate is a saltpeter (but not the only nitrate called saltpeter)...
Just giving some suggestions to point you in the right direction to finding sufficiently pure potassium nitrate. You may need to experiment to find your purest source.
The recipe for black powder is nearly the same as the recipe for "rocket candy" the homeade fuel for toy rockets... if you have a rocketry club or amateur rocket club (those are not the same thing) in New Zealand, they could probably point you in the right direction. Best of luck mate.
I can buy 99.8% technical grade KNO3 for $8 for a 800 gram jar at my local hydroponic store.
I am glad I can buy both sulfur and nitrate 99% pure in my country 😂
Also I have done with my friends gunpowder in mortar and pestle that burns fast as hell... We mixed everything in water, grinded it couple of times and granulated it with pure alkohole 😅
Great video but Instead of using stump remover could i just use pure pottasium nitrate?
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I'm not 100% sure, but I want to say that you can use a gasifier to catch the wood-gas and make the charcoal. I would have to double check my books to make sure.
If I have understood this correctly, a gasifier is something that lets the fuel burn with very little oxygen, in order to produce CO (carbon monoxide). If you want to make charcoal, you want to heat it up with NO access to oxygen.
If that is possible to do in a gasifier, then it should work quite well, yes.
What about natural coal instead of charcoal?
Now I know why I failed to make it in childhood using burned wood, fertilizer, and match heads (while proportions were correct).
That is just milled, not granulated?
Correct. I have not found it necessary to granulate it, since it already works great in fireworks.
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Can i use glass balls?
I am pretty sure if you use glass balls, they will chip and break, and you will have a lot of glass mixed into your black powder. So I wouldn't recommend it.
I think the best option is to use brass balls. Since brass doesn't make sparks.
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What would happen if you added ammonium nitrate?
I know you can use sodium nitrate. But that is more hydroscopic. And it burns slower.
My guess is that ammonium nitrate will also burn slower. So it would be less useful for firearms, but could possibly work well for fireworks.
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Can we use sugar for kno3
No.
I would say it would work better if you use sugar for the charcoal, and still add the KNO.
Just because both are white crystals, doesn't mean they have the same properties.
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Isn't lead poisonus to do anything with it
Only if you ingest it
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Instead of trying to keep everything super dry, you can actually add water to it while milling it, which also allows you to use more easily accessible steel balls to do it. Then all you need to do is spread it out on a cookie sheet or similar and let it air-dry in the sun or similar. I can't quite remember what this technique is called, but it was one of the great improvements in black powder technology as regular black powder has a tendency to separate into its constituent layers if left for too long, but by wet-mixing and then drying this issue was completely eliminated.
That's an interesting idea. I will try that.
@@AydensWorkshopthat's what I do when making BP, mix it wet then let it dry in the sun (though I use rubbing alcohol rather than water)
It's called corning.
The usual process it to dampen the powder, then compress into large hard chunks. After it dries, it's then ground fairly coarsely and sifted into different grain sizes for different purposes
@@johncochran8497 Yeah, that. Good stuff.
Yes, corning (name actually comes from a brining method for cured meats like corned beef). Pressing the slurry through different mesh sizes gives different burn rates and your powder rating, eg ffg, fffg etc.
HI, I was making black powder about 50 years ago, my stuff wasn't very reactive until I read that Dupont used willow charcoal and added the mix that you described into wooden barrels with water and round stones and milled for a week (much safer with distilled water or alcohol), alcohol and water will stabilize most oxidizers allowing them to be mixed safely while in suspension. I liked alcohol because it dried faster. then spread the mix on a sheet to dry in the sun. It becomes very reactive then to the point of being percussive.
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The milled vs non milled black powder is a great example of greater surface area = a greater reaction rate.
I believe it is more about getting the KNO properly mixed into the charcoal and sulphur. If it was only about surface area, then you could have done the milling before the mixing.
@@Tjalve70 I’d definitely say that the homogenous nature of the powder after milling would increase reaction rate, but I’d also say that by grinding it down further with the mill (increasing the surface area) the reaction rate is greatly increased as more molecules are exposed to react with.
@@SpasticSpelunker Of course grinding it down further would increase the reaction rate. But as I said, if that was the only (or the main) reason, then the milling could have been done before the mixing, and thus reduce the risk of an explosion while milling the mixture.
7:27 if possible use copper balls... The lead balls will shed lead into the powder, which you can inhale when burning the powder
Copper jacketed bullets also work if you can't find copper balls.
I believe that brass is the common material to use with explosives. Since it doesn't spark.
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1:11 ah yes, charcoal, sugar, and glowstone dust
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you can mix it with a couple sand blocks to make a tnt block
Huh... So minecraft's gunpowder texture is accurate, Who would've thought?
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When I was a kid about 50 years ago, we used to make it using regular white sugar for carbon and just a match head to supply the sulpher. Never thought of trying to mill it. The reaction appeared to be similar to what you show in the video of the unmilled mixture.
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Do one with zinc powder and charcoal. 50/50 mix. We used to call it, Blackjack powder.
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Here in Brazil it's super hard to get pure potassium nitrate. It's usually some fertilizer mixture with 43% potassium + a bunch of other crap...
Don't use lead balls , the lead will contaminate your ingredients . Yes it will work, but for even faster cleaner black powder use brass instead 💥👍
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Wait how do you make a hammer that creates a spark to ignite the blackpowder? Just asking
I remember the first time I accidentally made a tea spoon of the thing and burn my handmade paper gun when I was only 9 , good memories btw😊😊😊
Says hardwood charcoal isn't good. Uses hardwood to make charcoal. 😐
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I can imagine where in nature i can get sulfur and coal... but where i can find oxygen thing? Did you know?
Could you stop with the full white screens? They are migraine inducing.
Amazing! I loved the clarity of your explanation
I tried making the charcole on on a gas camping stove in a coke can (bad idea), the can melted and dripped onto the stove, burnt through the plastic to the gas canister and it blew up. Me and my friend watched in awe as the fire ball and shrapnel came flying towards us ( we were about 1 meter from it) but we had enough time to hide behind the stairs, then my mum came and asked us wtf just happened in an angry tone, but at least we were wearing our safety glasses.
what the hell are YOU guys going to use this for??
Can you use aluminum balls except for lead ones? Lead is actually really hard to get in poland and especially balls.
Can i get some guts with my blackpowder?
Just clean your grinder properly before grinding the other ingrediants otherwise your grinder might explode and dont mix them and then grind😅
I bought kno3 or it was called saltpeter but it looks like sugar. Does that make a differense
You need to mill it until it's a flour like consistency.
As long as it is KNO3, with no additives, it should perfectly fine.
I'm guessing the only difference is grain size. And as he said, you need to mill it to reduce the grain size. Or dissolve it in water, if you want to go to wet method.
yeah but how does a guy make some for rifle bullets or armor piercing rounds ?
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Is anyone here weirded out that all of its need to make black powder is literally sitting at a store
Is there any good place to get a ball mill that’s not too expensive, all the ones I see online are thousands or hundreds of dollars
Can you make a pellets form from this powder? 🎉
To dangerous for me but l watch the videos so thanks
so non milled black powder is like a thermite?
I live in the uk so its illegal to make over 100 grams without a liscence
I always thought oak was the best charcoal. That is a hardwood.
You need to use Willow wood. Other woods work. But willow is the way to go.
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Please don’t store black powder in glass jars…
Otherwise good walk through of the process. As far as drying chemicals, fresh made charcoal should be dry (just use it right away or store in a ziplock with desiccants). But your KNO3 might have some water you can drive out. Just put a thin layer on a cookie sheet in the oven at about 250degF for at least an hour to drive off excess moisture. This is not hot enough to decompose it, and because it doesn’t have any fuel it’s not a fire hazard. This step can also be done in bulk, when done let it cool, then put in a ziplock squeeze all the air out, and put that inside of a plastic sealable container (glad ware or similar).
I had the exact same thought as you, when it comes to the glass jar.
I would have used an empty paint tin, or something like that. Something that can expand, deform, and have the lid pop off before the pressure gets too high.
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Can I use this in a musket ?
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Have been kicking myself for many years that I didn't download those cookbooks before the fuss about them. Because now they don't seem to be available anymore.
I'm not saying I need them. But they would just be interesting to have.
Interesting, saving this for later
I prefer white powder. Without "d".
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Can you mill the 3 ingredients separately and then combine at the end? Instead of milling something this unstable when mixed.
You would see a reaction speed decrease if they are milled separately. But it is actually quite stable when milling in the vessel.
I'm guessing the milling is BOTH to reduce the grain size, but ALSO to get it properly mixed and beaten into each other.
Too much work for a little fun
This is sooo 1300 years ago….
So how do get different colors?
Me and my dad made some a while ago