Theodore Gray over on Popular Science launched a model rocket using Oreo cookies as fuel (Potassium perchlorate) – ” Food contains an amazing amount of energy. If you don’t believe it, feed candy to some kids and watch them bounce off the walls. Of course, tot-baiting is only one way to turn food energy into noise and destruction.” – Link.
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Candy Propellant Experiments – Link.
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These guys are planning to launch a sugar powered rocket into space!
http://sugarshot.org/
http://www.jamesyawn.com/KClO3/notes.html
suggests potassium nitrate is safer than potassium chlorate. Indeed, you get twice the links & more useful info if you google “potassium nitrate sugar rocket” than ..chlorate.
http://www.trailertrashaerospace.com
has some fun experiments.
Check out this introduction article on Food energy:
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