Comment on NASA's Curiosity Rover Uncovers Trove of Yellow Crystals on Mars
Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.world 3 months agoYeah, the saltpeter (potassium nitrate) is really the key ingredient here. It’s the rapid oxidizer compound that gives your anti-Gorn cannon its boom boom. Without that, mixing all the other stuff together is just going to be smelly and disappointing.
EleventhHour@lemmy.world 3 months ago
yay chemistry!