Help Insta-cure #1 curing salt

[SpecialK]

Is it possible to ctb with SN that contains only 6.25%? I mean, if the person (me in this case) is really determined to drink the solution and die.

If that is possible, how much grams of that salt would be needed to reach 25 grams?

I'm so bad with maths.

 

[EndItQuickly]

Whether it is possible or not, please don't do that. 99% SN is really easy to obtain so why add a much greater chance of failure or possible bodily harm with the stuff you have on hand?

 

[Neverod]

I'm assuming you meant 1 gram of that thing contains only 6.25% of SN (will make it 6% to make it easier).
So, you need 20 g of pure nitrite (well, at least 95% pure so so so) to ctb successfully.

1g X -- 6 % SN
xg X -- 95% SN
95/6= 15,8

Answer: You'll need at least 15 g of that thing to make 1% of the recommended SN concentration %.
To ctb with that you'll need 1425g of that to make up for 20g of 95% or more SN. So, 1 kilogram and almost a half lmao.
15 g -- 1 %
X g - 95 %

I'm just trying to show you how absurd it is to try to replace it with that thing you have with low concentration, even if my calculations are wrong, you'll need a bunch of that, and you won't be able to swallow it all, you'll die choking, not by the SN effects.
Ofc you could purify it by doing some chemistry, but that would be more expensive than to just buy the normal SN with high concentration.

 

[SpecialK]

@Neverod thank you for this well informed explanation. You're right. That's stupid. Sighh. I can't freaking find pure SN to sell in the market in Canada. It's driving me crazy.

 

[justwhy?]

@Neverod thank you for this well informed explanation. You're right. That's stupid. Sighh. I can't freaking find pure SN to sell in the market in Canada. It's driving me crazy.

try using the search function. There are definitely other Canadian users who have at least tried to obtain SN and discussed it.

 

[TiredAndReadyToGo]

Just curious and please correct me if I'm wrong, if its 6.25% wouldnt that mean that for ever 100g's it would be 6.25g's of sodium nitrite, so 400g's should be 25g's of sodium nitrite. I'd imagine it would be food grade because of the purpose of it. So could this not still be a semi-viable method if there's nothing better available to the person?

 

[Pony]

Im not a chemist but has anyone looked into how difficult it would be to increase the concentration of SN in those mixtures? Could be useful if pure SN has its sale restricted in the future.

 

[TiredAndReadyToGo]

@Pony that sounds like a smart thing to look into or hopefully someone knows already. That'd be useful for countries in which pure SN is already restricted/illegal.

 

[SpecialK]

The three last post, thank you for bringing this up. That could be interesting.

Just curious and please correct me if I'm wrong, if its 6.25% wouldnt that mean that for ever 100g's it would be 6.25g's of sodium nitrite, so 400g's should be 25g's of sodium nitrite. I'd imagine it would be food grade because of the purpose of it. So could this not still be a semi-viable method if there's nothing better available to the person?

I still can't imagine how that would be possible to drink 400g of salt without vomiting and/or get an intense diarrhea. That's a lot of salt!

 

[TiredAndReadyToGo]

I feel like if it was going to be done it would have to be multiple glasses of water and having it desolved. I feel liked youd definitely need an AE for that though. Any body have any thoughts on it?

 

[Pony]

I feel like if it was going to be done it would have to be multiple glasses of water and having it desolved. I feel liked youd definitely need an AE for that though. Any body have any thoughts on it?

Having to drink too much would probably cause the SN to be absorbed more slowly which could ruin the whole method also iirc 375g of table salt is enough to cause seizures and coma, and im fairly sure most of the curing salt is just normal table salt so probably not worth it.