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Location: Hartford, CT USA
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Location: Hartford, CT USA
Posted:
Hey everyone, Im not really new, but I havent been on the site in a while, so I thought Id add a post here for everyone that I've missed out on over the last couple years.
My name's Kyle, and Ive been spinning for about 5 years now (staff and poi)
Im a college student at Trinty College in Hartford, CT double majoring in environmental science and chemistry.
Those are the basics, any questions post em
Hey everyone, Im not really new, but I havent been on the site in a while, so I thought Id add a post here for everyone that I've missed out on over the last couple years.
My name's Kyle, and Ive been spinning for about 5 years now (staff and poi)
Im a college student at Trinty College in Hartford, CT double majoring in environmental science and chemistry.
Those are the basics, any questions post em
Educate your self in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
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Gromit's Humble Squire
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
Gromit's Humble Squire
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posted:
Hi and warm welcome Kyle!
You sound like you'd know.. Majoring in environmental science and chemistry, what's the best way to make a non-smelly, environmentally reasonably friendly, purple or blue burning fuel?
Hi and warm welcome Kyle!
You sound like you'd know.. Majoring in environmental science and chemistry, what's the best way to make a non-smelly, environmentally reasonably friendly, purple or blue burning fuel?
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416 posts
Location: Hartford, CT USA
416 posts
Location: Hartford, CT USA
Posted:
heh, well, youre not gonna be happy, but generally, colored flames are a pain in the ass to get, especially when trying to mix your own...
since you asked youre gonna get the whole explanation...
1. Im betting youre using a petroleum based fuel (kero, camp fuel, etc.) which means the substances that give you color (usually some sort of salt) will not dissolve readily in your fuel.
You have to use something like ethanol if you want your flame color salts to dissolve, and alcohol based fuels usually give kinda wimpy flames
2. Purple may be one of the hardest colors to get in terms of rare and expensive chemicals (off the top of my head indium or strontium would do it, both of which you cant find in your average Walgreens)
theres a nifty rxn you can do with table sugar and potassium chlorate to give a gorgeous purple flame, but its kinda volent (more of an explosion than a burning)
but dont take my word for it
I may be wrong and there may be a nice easy way
heh, well, youre not gonna be happy, but generally, colored flames are a pain in the ass to get, especially when trying to mix your own...
since you asked youre gonna get the whole explanation...
1. Im betting youre using a petroleum based fuel (kero, camp fuel, etc.) which means the substances that give you color (usually some sort of salt) will not dissolve readily in your fuel.
You have to use something like ethanol if you want your flame color salts to dissolve, and alcohol based fuels usually give kinda wimpy flames
2. Purple may be one of the hardest colors to get in terms of rare and expensive chemicals (off the top of my head indium or strontium would do it, both of which you cant find in your average Walgreens)
theres a nifty rxn you can do with table sugar and potassium chlorate to give a gorgeous purple flame, but its kinda volent (more of an explosion than a burning)
but dont take my word for it
I may be wrong and there may be a nice easy way
Educate your self in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
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Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom
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Hello, welcome back to the fold!
Hello, welcome back to the fold!
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Hello.Um questions.....nope cant think of anything
Hello.Um questions.....nope cant think of anything
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Location: Moscow, Russia
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Location: Moscow, Russia
Posted:
Heeeello and welcome back!
Now i know whom to ask if i have any chemical questions =) If you dont mind, of course
Heeeello and welcome back!
Now i know whom to ask if i have any chemical questions =) If you dont mind, of course
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Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
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Location: Over There, United Kingdom
Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
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Location: Over There, United Kingdom
Posted:
Hello, welcome back
Hello, welcome back
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Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA
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j0! congratulations, because i anti-hate you!!
j0! congratulations, because i anti-hate you!!
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416 posts
Location: Hartford, CT USA
416 posts
Location: Hartford, CT USA
Posted:
Thanks all for the warm welcome
and dont hesitate about those chem questions, makes me feel like im not wasting my time
Thanks all for the warm welcome
and dont hesitate about those chem questions, makes me feel like im not wasting my time
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Gromit's Humble Squire
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
Gromit's Humble Squire
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posted:
Thanks for the info Kyle! Very informative!
*ponders where to find strontium..*
Thanks for the info Kyle!
Very informative!*ponders where to find strontium..*
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Tantamount to fatuity
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Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Posted:
Hey Kyle. How goes stuff?
What's the weather like in Connecticut at the moment? It's freezing here. And yet we still go out and have fire meets... tis a bloody stoopid hobby sometimes...
Hey Kyle. How goes stuff?
What's the weather like in Connecticut at the moment? It's freezing here. And yet we still go out and have fire meets... tis a bloody stoopid hobby sometimes...
Meh
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416 posts
Location: Hartford, CT USA
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Location: Hartford, CT USA
Posted:
Cantus!!!
good to hear from you again
its currently blizzarding in CT , and i do plan on spinning in the awful white stuff sometime soon, the school tends to yell less when its harder to set stuff on fire
Cantus!!!
good to hear from you again
its currently blizzarding in CT , and i do plan on spinning in the awful white stuff sometime soon, the school tends to yell less when its harder to set stuff on fire
Educate your self in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
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comfortably numb
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Location: The countryside, Australia
comfortably numb
2,676 posts
Location: The countryside, Australia
Posted:
Hi Kyle
Hi Kyle
.All things are beautiful if we take the time to look.
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Mission: Ignition
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Location: Central New Jersey, USA
Mission: Ignition
534 posts
Location: Central New Jersey, USA
Posted:
Hey Wiffle, how's life and all that stuff. Just wanted to add my two cents about the flames. Most pottery retailers, like bulk suppliers will have some of the chemicals for the fuels. Now... don't ask me exaclty where you can find one of them, but you know, it's out there. Sorry about turning this into a Chem thread. Anyway, welcome to HoP ^_^
Hey Wiffle, how's life and all that stuff. Just wanted to add my two cents about the flames. Most pottery retailers, like bulk suppliers will have some of the chemicals for the fuels. Now... don't ask me exaclty where you can find one of them, but you know, it's out there. Sorry about turning this into a Chem thread. Anyway, welcome to HoP ^_^
Don't mind me, just passing through.
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Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Posted:
Hey somebody remembered me... oh no wait, I'm not the one who's just come back...
Hey somebody remembered me...
oh no wait, I'm not the one who's just come back... Meh
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