Fun with chemistry #2
by Marshall Brain
Make your own home made rocket fuel from sugar and potassium nitrate:
If you have never seen it before, it seems weird to make rocket fuel out of sugar, but it is actually a respectable hobby:
- Candy Propellant Experiments
- Making Rockets That Really Fly
- Sugar shot to space - “The first amateur rocket with amateur propellant to reach space.”
I couldn’t quite catch what he said when he stirred the water in the measuring cup… What was the ingredient?