I think I found the actual easy way to reduce sodium nitrate into sn without lab equipment

[the_sugar_buzz]

Okay first I wanna apologize for being kinda scattered but I am newly learning chemistry, and I don't want to make suggestions without the double checking the method first, but if the info I got is correct, you can reduce nitrate into nitrite needing heat or any laboratory equipment by reducing it with zinc powder and a piece of copper as a catalyst and stirring it (at room temperature for about an hour as the reaction takes place.
I really need to find someone with chemistry knowledge who won't act like a gatekeeper or feign concern about my motive. I will figure this out. If this method is legitimate, It seems crazy that online everyone only shows the complicated, temperature specific method that is also seemingly more high maintenance. I do wanna say that I don't recommend anyone automatically take my advice until completely verified which I am working on currently, and will keep everyone posted on the update. I cannot stay much longer. I feel like a soap opera character who just won't die (or keeps coming back from the dead) and I am ready to depart.
I don't wanna give anyone bad advice or incorrect information but it is really hard to find consistent information online. What's making me have a little doubt is that I have corrected AI already or pointed out flaws in its advice that is crucial to the experiment. I personally would be extra cautious about my previous post using alum powder or aluminum powder (they are not even related to each other) and aluminum is very reactive and can become violent which AI didn't initially tell me. Also for this room temperature method, i was looking at other sources of information about it and learned that using ammonia to balance the ph of the water the nitrate is dissolved in is crucial and corrected it about that which is concerning to me. I'm trying to reach out to actual human chemists for their feedback and will be updating this post very soon with a no more definitive answer on this. I'll probably delete the aluminum powder method because I would prefer to find a way that isn't so complicated that regular people like us can do it without feeling like it will cause Chernobyl 2.0 haha. AI has repeatedly reassured me that the zinc method is absolutely not explosive or violent but is it just kissing my ass and patronizing me? Ugh this is kinda maddening

 

[Intoxicated]

Okay first I wanna apologize for being kinda scattered but I am newly learning chemistry, and I don't want to make suggestions without the double checking the method first, but if the info I got is correct, you can reduce nitrate into nitrite needing heat or any laboratory equipment by reducing it with zinc powder and a piece of copper as a catalyst and stirring it (at room temperature for about an hour as the reaction takes place.

You wanna conduct a reaction between two solid substances using a solid catalyst? What bright mind suggested you that?

 

[the_sugar_buzz]

You wanna conduct a reaction between two solid substances using a solid catalyst? What bright mind suggested you that?

No I would first alkalize the water using a pinch of baking soda then dissolve the nitrate in the water and drop in a copper scouring pad (and this is legitimate science as a catalyst because it has more surface area to do something with ions as part of the reaction) then I would gradually stir in zinc powder in the measurements and continuously stir it for 45 minutes to an hour but apparently the yellowish tint happens during this time. Then it's filtered and crystallized. This is seeming to be pretty legit chemistry advice so far although I have to see it before I will believe it and so I gotta come up with some cash for zinc powder