by
Bob Lazar & United Nuclear
By
far, the most common smoke formula is the Potassium Nitrate/Sugar
formula.
It produces a white-gray smoke and is both easy, inexpensive
& fun to make.
The percentage of Potassium Nitrate and Sugar in this
composition vary somewhat depending on who you ask, but
the 60/40 mix listed below is pretty common.
A
lump of this stuff the size of your thumb produced the
smoke cloud on the right in under 2 seconds.
| Potassium Nitrate |
60
%
|
| Sugar |
40
%
|
Although
the two ingredients can just be finely powdered and mixed
together, in recent side-by-side tests, we found that
melting the two together does in fact make a superior
Smoke Bomb.
To
melt the mixture together, you'll need small metal saucepan
or other heat resistant container, and an electric hot
plate. An electric hot plate is preferred to an open flame
heat source because it's a tad safer, and easier to prevent
overheating of the mixture.
The
mixture must be heated SLOWLY, and over a LOW heat until
it just starts to melt.
Heating
it too quickly, or at too high a temperature will
cause it to turn black, burn & ignite making a giant
mess, not to mention a fire hazard. In any case, this
should all be done outside just in case you overheat it
does happen to ignite. As the mixture begins to melt,
it will turn brown and look exactly like Carmel Candy
(see image above)... after all, you are melting Sugar
( and no, you can't eat it ).
A step-by-step procedure is outlined below....
Ingredients
