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[BPBR]

I really meant how dense is it?

Ah,I didn't measured that.

[burningbush]

I really meant how dense is it?

Did you compress into puck before granulating also did you add dextrin before regranulating?
There are many formulas for poor or rich charcoal that give a fast end result what did u use? and w/ balsa CHARCOAL i'LL BET IT WAS FAST!

[BPBR]

Did you compress into puck before granulating also did you add dextrin before regranulating?
There are many formulas for poor or rich charcoal that give a fast end result what did u use? and w/ balsa CHARCOAL i'LL BET IT WAS FAST!

I didn't compressed it,nor used dextrin.When it was drying it formed a puck,do I need to compress it more before granulating?And doesn't dextrin make it burner a little slower?Here is a video of me burning around 45g of BP,take a look if it see good plz

Also,it can sure burn faster,it's because I did a few mistakes when doing it:
When I was going to put the charcoal and sulfur in the tin where the water and salt was I let a little amount fall out,and I also added the water in the sulfur/charcoal mix before adding it to the salt and water,that made some part of the C/S misture stick to the recipient,I also cooled it not so fast as I could,because I used a plastic cup that isolates the inside of it,I just realized that when the mixture was in it.
With this number of mistakes and the BP burning like that,i'm sure I will be satisfied with my BP when I do it next time(more carefully )
Edit:Also I when I was recorded the video it started to burn a little before I expected,what made me put the camera too down,so the record is not very good

Edited by BPBR, 12 July 2006 - 06:16 PM.

[ProfHawking]

its not bad for what is almost just meal powder.
if you moisten it very slightly, compress it hard, then granulate it into small grains, you should get a faster powder.

your powder can still be seen to burn, and makes the kind of Roaring noise.
Fast powder will burn instantly, and go "poof"