[gbeberman]

With his school's blessing, my son and I have homeschool day once/month where we work on projects of his interest.  Next week, we're doing some chemical reactions.  Among them is the potassium nitrate and sugar smoke bomb.

Can anyone tell me what is the chemical reaction in this?  I know KNO₃ and C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁ go in.  What comes out?

Thanks bazillions,

Gary

[chiralic]

Hi:

Here you find a links about Experimental Rocketry:

KN-Sucrose Propellant Chemistry and Performance Characteristics
http://members.aol.com/ricbnakk/succhem.html

Also, here more information about Experimental Rocketry
http://members.aol.com/nonillion/sucrose.html#Performance

Regards,

Chiralic

[constant thinker]

Try a forum search also. We've talked about this quite a few times.