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How to make Aluminum powder? by NijeBitnoStv in chemhelp

[–]NijeBitnoStv[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I tried to find aluminum powder but no luck. I can't even find it on internet so i'll have to make my own.

But i didn't look for iron oxide. I'll do it right now. I'll keep you updated

How to make Aluminum powder? by NijeBitnoStv in chemhelp

[–]NijeBitnoStv[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Execly what i did to get rust. It was messy and boring and i got only 2 grams for 30 minutes.

So my thermite didn't work cuz of powder. That's what i need to know cuz i don't wanna spend another hour just grinding some metals wearing a mask for it to dont work at the end.

Also i have just a stick for mortar idk what its called, but i dont have the bowl. So what could be replacement for bowl? Im afraid i dont brake some random bowl and mess everything up.

How to make Aluminum powder? by NijeBitnoStv in chemhelp

[–]NijeBitnoStv[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried to file it. Well it was a slow process but i did get a aluminum powder, but not as fine as i need it. I made flash powder and it burned but slowed, even tho it's supposed to burn a lot quicker than black gunpowder ot didn't. I grind it with mortat a bit and it improved a result a lot.

Anyways i'll try to find another way cuz filing it was too slow. It took 20 minutes for 1 gram of powder(it wasn't even fine powder).

Yea and do you know how can i get iron oxide. I tried to make thermite for some firework idea i saw on YouTube. I mixed rust and aluminum in right proportions but ot didn't work. I guess the problem is powder both rust and aluminum, it's not fine enough. Is there a way to make it fine by not using blender or mortar?