KABOOMIE_SITH

hi well i am an amatur enthusiast, i have a query though, i can really only use shop bought chlorate, i tested said chlorate with aluminium, to discover the wonderfull world of sound and light enhanced by several thousand metres per second. I wish seriousley to byuild a high energy rocket that isn't briscant, i tried grinding in charcole but the mix burns so slow as to be of no use. I realise sensitisers can make it burn faster, such as phosphorus and sulpher but what percentage am i looking at for a resonable burn for a rocket tube as i wish to push my saturn 5 replica too dizzyheights rather than blow it to bits or get a damp squib. The other curious question zirconyl oxide di perchlorate, this must produce some peritty decnet thrust as ziconium boils at about 5,000 c but is there any legal hassles anyone knows of ?

theorectecally this should work if you follow my thinking

ClONa +H2O + NAF -----warm to boiling then simmer-----NAFO3

sodium flourate should be the end product, that will give you a superior propellent if mixed in with a hydrocarbon or alluminium as the Hydrogen flourine reaction is very energetic. Without wishing to break a rule this would have to be prepared from home as nowhere i have seen sells it ! I have a degree, i spend all day working out this stuff for fun . Ideally because of the florine being also a halogen and stronger than chlorine it should have a greater affinity for the oxygen than chlorine...i dont think the chlorine will displace flourine, but as all theories go i could be wrong. Saying that they are in the same period and florine is going down the period so must be more reactive. It will also give a bigger bang in salutes, knallkorpers etc. But it may also be more friction sensative...it may give up to 25% extra energy .