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Normally Auckland for work, temporarily deployed to UK, St Arnaud on leave
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Originally Posted by Maca49
Saltpetre, sulphur and charcoal, it the quantities and the grinding on the charcoal that's the secret. As a kid we used to make our own fireworks, but chemists got wise to what we were doing and in supplies were hard to obtain, saltpetre is used in the freezing works for hides, that was always the hardest to get!
I remember the pharmacist was immediately on edge asking for Iodine crystals....... for water purification you see? .......ignore the ammonia solution we have in our shopping bag!
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