This is nitrocellulose, and it is made using nitrates I fixed from the air using a $50 contraption. When combined with combustion retardant and extruded as grains, it becomes modern smokeless gunpowder.
Another fatal blow to gun control is now dealt.
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Amazing work Cathode!
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Really interesting progress. Just wondering if the process is doable by a layperson with little to none chemistry background?
Yes. If you can follow simple instructions you can make it.
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Can you use the powder also in rifle rounds and are you also making nitroglycerine?
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I will make nitroglycerin for double base and try to make slower burning powder.
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Seems more involved then a trip to Walmart or parents nightstand
People who are in China or Europe or elsewhere don't have the luxury of purchasing pre-made propellants.
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It is stable. I have a binch sitting in my closet for months, still burns fine.
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I will try to dissolve it in solvents to figure out if the nitration is complete.
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I'm proud of you.
Thank you for coming to my country and reinforcing my freedom through dissemination of information.
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