Start with a bang!

Happy New Year! The dawn of 2015 also marks the start of Chemigurumi, the craft blog home of crochet molecule dolls. Dollecules! Nailed it! First up is a favorite of New Year's celebrations... Potassium nitrate, the principle oxidizing agent in gunpowder.

Potassium nitrate

Name: Potassium nitrate
Other names: Saltpeter, nitrate of potash
Chemical formula: KNO₃
Found in: Gunpowder, corned beef
Key: Yellow=K, Orange=N, Red=O

Ready the dustpan!

The One Man Party puts it best...

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For more information on potassium nitrate, Professor Tatum is now holding office hours.

Just a taste of things to come. Tune in to future posts to meet more holiday homies (Holicules!), foodie fellows (NOMecules!), pop culture pals (Comicules!), and everything in between (Motleycules?). Happy holidays!