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Picric acid from phenol - need help
I would judge that the level of nitration is lower than it should be and/or that there is a consider ... |
24-3-2015 at 06:26
by: Hennig Brand |
Is old picric acid gauze found in first aid kits really that dangerous?
Might have something to do with the fact that it was replaced by TNT for many uses as an explosive. ... |
23-3-2015 at 08:28
by: Hennig Brand |
Picric acid from phenol - need help
That burn rate is not fast at all especially considering you heated the whole sample up to very near ... |
23-3-2015 at 07:57
by: Hennig Brand |
Trinitrotoluene preparation
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It would be useful to have a bit more acid excess. F ... |
23-3-2015 at 05:52
by: Hennig Brand |
Unconventional Shaped Charges
High explosive stamping? No ink required. 
That is interesting to look at. Gave the steel plate a ... |
22-3-2015 at 13:07
by: Hennig Brand |
Trinitrotoluene preparation
Looks good. The one thing I did notice was that you didn't use any excess of nitrate/nitric acid if ... |
22-3-2015 at 06:07
by: Hennig Brand |
Unconventional Shaped Charges
Thanks, I think this is the first time I have been called a disciple before. Makes me feel important ... |
22-3-2015 at 05:12
by: Hennig Brand |
5g of ETN Putty Explosive and 1/2" Steel Liner Pierce 28.6mm of Steel Plate
Just performed a very successful test with one of these little 1/2" steel cones. The picture below s ... |
21-3-2015 at 13:20
by: Hennig Brand |
Unconventional Shaped Charges
I feel very spiritual right now, and have even more love for these beautiful explosives. 
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21-3-2015 at 11:09
by: Hennig Brand |
Simple shielded lever press
Ok, I get the sense you think it would be very difficult to use.
Yeah, you could be right. Howev ... |
21-3-2015 at 10:38
by: Hennig Brand |
Simple shielded lever press
The end of the lever could have a handle which pointed straight down and was round and relatively sm ... |
20-3-2015 at 18:32
by: Hennig Brand |
Fulminating Gold (EAu)
Yes, the worship of money is a common thing and undoubtedly very unhealthy in a lot of ways. However ... |
20-3-2015 at 18:16
by: Hennig Brand |
Unconventional Shaped Charges
I think for the same accuracies percentage error would get larger as charge size got smaller. It s ... |
20-3-2015 at 17:40
by: Hennig Brand |
Fulminating Gold (EAu)
Expensive but interesting, it seems it was the first high explosive and the first primary explosive ... |
20-3-2015 at 08:35
by: Hennig Brand |
Unconventional Shaped Charges
Markx, I though you would probably try penetrating a 1" plate or so, but it looks like you are reall ... |
20-3-2015 at 07:47
by: Hennig Brand |
Unconventional Shaped Charges
Looking forward to your test and to learn a little bit about wave shaping. Nice neat assembly. |
19-3-2015 at 16:24
by: Hennig Brand |
Stabilizers: Diphenylamine and Centralite
I have seen references which indicate that diphenylamine causes hydrolysis of NG and that for double ... |
19-3-2015 at 12:10
by: Hennig Brand |
Short question / quick answer - Thread
The approximate optimum amount of a given booster to use to initiate a given main charge is normally ... |
18-3-2015 at 16:50
by: Hennig Brand |
Unconventional Shaped Charges
Thanks, yeah, I was thinking that too the more I looked at the images above. However, I only used 1. ... |
18-3-2015 at 13:54
by: Hennig Brand |
Unconventional Shaped Charges
Hot water from the tap (ca. 50C) was used to make a warm water bath. The polybutene and mineral oil ... |
18-3-2015 at 04:12
by: Hennig Brand |
Unconventional Shaped Charges
To act as a chemical stabilizer, making the explosive more storage stable. It does also desensitize ... |
17-3-2015 at 11:10
by: Hennig Brand |
Simple shielded lever press
A hole right through the lever could maybe be made which the loading rod could fit into. The pin (bo ... |
17-3-2015 at 11:02
by: Hennig Brand |
Unconventional Shaped Charges
The density of this type of plastique was around 1.43g/cc the couple of time I measured it in the pa ... |
17-3-2015 at 08:03
by: Hennig Brand |
1/2" Steel Cone and 4g of ETN Plastique Penetrates 3/4" (ca. 19mm) of Plate Steel
A test was just performed with one of the 1/2"W X 7/16""H (~53 degree apex angle) UK steel cones tha ... |
17-3-2015 at 06:50
by: Hennig Brand |
Simple shielded lever press
Combination metal phallus and precision tubing cutter, of course it is painted green though which di ... |
16-3-2015 at 15:49
by: Hennig Brand |
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