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To: El Sordo

“Probably confectioneers sugar then?”

No, you can use table sugar. Mix it with the right oxidizer (potassium nitrate usually), and you have a fuel-oxidizer mixture. People use this mixture to make homemade model rocket engines sometimes.


17 posted on 07/28/2011 2:09:36 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Boogieman
Interesting. I would guess though that the finer grind sugars would lend themselves to faster reaction rates. Or is it not enough of a difference to matter?
18 posted on 07/28/2011 2:50:53 PM PDT by El Sordo (The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen.)
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