The Nougat has Cleared the Tower
There’s a fairly well-known science question which asks
How does the amount of energy per gram of TNT compare with the energy per gram of a chocolate chip cookie?
I’ve discussed before why I think the answer should be, “About the same,” if you’re doing a first-order approximation, and depending on what options you give for an answer.
We’ve also visited the energy content of a candy bar. So along that vein (or clogged artery) we have
which tests sugar as an ingredient in rocket propellant, in the form of pixy sticks, creme from an oreo cookie, and a Snickers bar.
Creme filling from one Double Stuff Oreo weighed out at 5.7 grams. Mixed with 11.4 grams finely powdered KNO3 (FireFox) with mortar and pestle.
Result: Burns very sluggishly, requires some assistance from torch flame
Adjustment: Added 0.2 grams red iron oxide (Fe2O3) to catalyze the burn. Works much better.
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Comment from Uncle Al
Time: October 1, 2009, 11:17 am
Sucrose is C12H22O11, 51.4% oxygen. Roofing tar or asphalt should vastly outperform sucrose. Diglycidyl bisphenol-A (Epon 828) is 21.3% oxygen. It sure looks like a hydrogenated epoxy resin cast with micronized KNO3 and Fe2O3 filler would be way better. Dried NaNO3 will be better than KNO3 for its lower molecular weight.